Patent ID: 6616138
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A paper sheet feeding apparatus comprising:a back plate having a supporting face, arranged so as to slope down toward a downstream side in a paper sheet feeding direction; resilient supporting means, disposed near a lower part of the back plate, for resiliently supporting a lower edge of a stack of recording paper sheets resting on the back plate; a portion of the resilient supporting means located in a cut-out in the back plate and extending beyond an outer surface of the back plate, the outer surface being opposite to the supporting face, a bottom plate, disposed downstream of the resilient supporting means in the paper sheet feeding direction, for guiding the recording paper sheets; and a paper sheet feeding roller for feeding out an uppermost sheet of the stack of recording paper sheets by contacting an uppermost recording paper sheet of the stack of recording paper sheets held on the supporting face.