Patent ID: 6997453
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: B29C,B29L,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a feed roller; a cantilever shaft; a plurality of driven gears disposed on the cantilever shaft, at least one driven gear having first and second pairs of adjacent teeth of a same set of teeth, the first pair of adjacent teeth separated by a first gap and the second pair of adjacent teeth separated by a second gap less than the first gap; a plurality of driving gears configured to drive the plurality of driven gears, at least one driving gear comprising a set of teeth adapted to engage the first and second pairs of adjacent teeth to drive the at least one driven gear; and a reverse roller pressed into contact with the feed roller, the reverse roller supported on an end of the cantilever shaft and adapted to be rotated in a sheet feeding direction and a reverse direction and to separate and convey sheet media held between said feed roller and said reverse roller.