Patent ID: 6340156
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet-transporting device comprising:first transporting means for transporting sheets, said first transporting means having a first driving torque; and second transporting means for transporting the sheets at a location downstream from said first transporting means in a sheet:-transporting direction, said second transporting means having a second driving torque, the second driving torque being greater than the first driving torque; wherein a speed of the first transporting means and a speed of the second transporting means are each switchable between a first transporting speed and a second transporting speed which is greater than the first transporting speed; and wherein a time required to switch the speed of the second transporting means from the first transporting speed to the second transporting speed is longer than a time required to switch the speed of the first transporting means from the first transporting speed to the second transporting speed.