Patent ID: 6120018
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising a pair of rotary drive shafts disposed in parallel with each other and rotated in the same direction, a sheet feed roller provided on one of said rotary drive shafts, and a reverse rotation roller provided on the other rotary drive shaft and urged against said sheet feed roller, wherein sheets are separated and fed one by one between said sheet feed roller and said reverse rotation roller, andwherein at least one of said sheet feed roller and said reverse rotation roller is provided with a through hole through which said rotary drive shaft passes, and said through hole has an intermediate portion through which said rotary drive shaft passes, and an escape portion provided at an end portion and adapted to permit inclination of said rotary drive shaft to maintain parallelism between said one roller and the other roller if said rotary drive shaft is inclined.