Patent ID: 6089563
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A paper supply apparatus for successively supplying paper sheets accommodated therein to a paper transport mechanism, comprising:a paper supply hopper for accommodating paper sheets therein;a paper supply roller located at a central location in a widthwise direction of and above said paper supply hopper for forwarding one of the paper sheets accommodated in said paper supply hopper;a paper supply roller driving mechanism for driving said paper supply roller to rotate;a separation roller located on the downstream side in transportation of a paper sheet with respect to said paper supply roller for preventing two or more paper sheets forwarded by said paper supply roller from being sent to said paper transport mechanism;said paper supply roller including a left paper supply roller and a right paper supply roller paired with each other;a left arm member supported for rocking movement to move an end portion thereof in a thicknesswise direction of a paper sheet and having said left paper supply roller for rotation at the end thereof;a right arm member supported for rocking movement to move an end portion thereof in the thicknesswise direction of the paper sheet and having said right paper supply roller for rotation at the end thereof; anda resilient member interposed between said left arm member and said right arm member for exerting a resilient force to the relative motion of the end portions of said left arm member and said right arm member in the thicknesswise direction of the paper sheet.