Patent ID: 6485014
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A paper feeding mechanism, comprising:a paper tray with a slanted rear end; a recess at the front end of said paper tray; a roller for conveying paper from said paper tray; a resilient friction pad pivoted at tail end to a wall of said recess*, and pushed up by a spring at a front end of said resilient friction pad against said roller so that paper from said paper tray is fed between said roller and said resilient friction pad automatically; a first springboard placed at the tail end of said resilient friction pad and bent upward to lift the paper being fed from the paper tray; and a second springboard of unequal width to said first springboard, placed at the tail end of said resilient friction pad, and bent downward when the load in the paper tray is heavy such that a paper in the upper section of said paper tray is fed, the tail end of said resilient friction pad being sandwiched between the tail end of said first springboard and the tail end of said second springboard.