Patent ID: 6224052
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet-material feeding device for individually separating and sequentially feeding a bundle of sheets of a sheet material, the feeding device comprising:a sheet-material mount without a drop preventing wall;detection means for detecting a presence of the sheet material on the sheet-material mount;separating means for separating an individual sheet from the bundle of sheets;means for changing a sheet-mounting angle of the sheet-material mount so that an upstream portion of the bundle of sheets is moved from a position higher than said separating means to a position lower than said separating means; andpressing means for pressing the sheet material on the sheet-material mount when the presence of the sheet material has been detected by said detection means, and for preventing the sheet material from being displaced from the sheet material mount as a result of movement in an upstream direction when the upstream portion of the bundle of sheets is moved from the position higher than said separating means to the position lower than said separating means.