Patent ID: 7243914
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A paper gathering and feeding method comprising: providing a paper gathering and feeding device comprising a rotation member in the vicinity of a coupling section between a transfer section and a gathering section, and wherein said rotation member is provided with a changeable piece having a material such that a radius distance between a tip section and a rotation axis is changeable by centrifugal force produced by rotation of the rotation member; performing a gathering process for dropping paper to be transferred in the transfer section to gather the same in the gathering section, and performing a feeding process for feeding the paper gathered in the gathering section to the transfer section, wherein at the time of the gathering process, the rotation member rotates in a gathering direction to slap down the paper using the changeable piece with a wider radius distance than a radius of the piece when it is at rest, and at the time of the feeding process, the rotation member rotates in a feeding direction to allow the paper to be fed.