Patent ID: 6416048
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of picking up a plurality of papers stacked in an upright position one by one, comprising:angularly moving a pick-up mechanism about a pivot point, which is positioned either downstream with respect to a leading edge of an outermost one of said plurality of paper, or upstream with respect to a trailing edge of the outermost one of said plurality of papers; applying a suction force, via a sucking surface of said pick-up mechanism to said outermost one of said plurality of papers; and conveying by said sucking surface said uppermost one of said plurality of papers, during and absent said application of said suction force, in a direction which is substantially parallel to said sucking surface, wherein a sucking surface of said pick-up mechanism and a surface of said outermost one of said plurality of papers are parallel to each other during said application of said suction force.