Patent ID: 7302222
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An automatic document feeder (ADF) with a feeding roller used to carry a paper sheet to a reading position comprising: a feeding path in the ADF for guiding the paper sheet reaching and leaving the reading position; a paper cartridge having a fixed front edge aligned with an inlet of the feeding path; an exit roller set located by the feeding path and at a downstream position with respect to the reading position having two exit rollers leaning against each other for carrying the paper sheet leaving the ADF, and one of the exit rollers being an active roller and the other being an idle roller; and a first lever connected between the paper cartridge and the idle roller of the exit rollers; when the paper sheet is jammed at the exit roller set, the paper cartridge may be raised to drive the first lever to separate the two exit rollers for removing the jammed paper sheet.