Patent ID: 8465018
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An air blowing apparatus comprising: a paper stack accommodating section which forms a paper stack accommodating space for accommodating a stack of paper; and an air blowing device which blows air toward an edge of each sheet of paper of the stack of paper accommodated in the paper stack accommodating space, wherein the paper stack accommodating section includes a curved surface which faces a paper surface of the stack of paper, and the curved surface extends in an air blowing direction of the air blowing device and has a curvature in a direction perpendicular to the air blowing direction of the air blowing device, the paper stack accommodating section includes a plurality of curved surfaces which respectively face paper surfaces of the stack of paper and have a same direction of curve, the paper stack accommodating space being sandwiched between the plurality of curved surfaces, and the plurality of curved surfaces have mutually different finite curvatures.