Patent ID: 6322065
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
A method for picking a media sheet from a media stack, comprising the steps of:rotating a pick roller in contact with a media sheet;during the step of rotating, hinging a pick arm which supports the pick roller, the pick, arm having a proximal portion located proximal to a pivot point and a distal portion located distal to the pivot point, and the pick arm hinging the distal portion relative to the proximal portion at the hinge point, the pick roller located along the distal portion; andpicking the media sheet by advancing the media sheet away from the media stack under a force a tributable to at least the pick roller;in which the step of hinging comprises overcoming a spring-bias at the hinge point, in which the spring-bias biases the distal portion into a first orientation about the hinge point relative to the proximal portion, said step of hinging being responsive to a force which overcomes the spring-bias to movie the distal portion into a second orientation relative to the proximal portion.