Patent ID: 6786480
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
A method for conveying and aligning a paper sheet in an image information processor, the image information processor having a paper sheet separating roller, a paper sheet aligning roller and a paper sheet ejecting roller, the method comprising:feeding a paper sheet toward the aligning roller; providing, selectively, a rotational driving force by a driving motor in a forward revolution to the paper sheet separating roller and to the paper sheet ejecting roller, wherein the paper sheet aligning roller is not provided with the rotational driving force and is not rotating; conveying the paper sheet into the non-rotating aligning roller and a non-rotating back-up roller, which faces the aligning roller, for a predetermined amount of time, so that the paper sheet is aligned; and shifting the driving motor to a reverse revolution so as to provide a rotational driving force, after the predetermined time has expired, to the paper sheet separating roller, the paper sheet aligning roller and the paper sheet ejecting roller, so that the paper sheet is conveyed to an image reading portion.