Patent ID: 6540218
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B21J,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A sheet feed arrangement for feeding a sheet, the arrangement comprising:rotatable metallic rod with a circumferential surface; a plurality of projections angularly extending from said circumferential surface of said metallic rod, said plurality of projections being disposed in a plurality of circumferential rows on said surface of said rod, said projections being divided into a plurality of pairs of said projections, each said projection of each said pair being arranged diametrically opposite each other on said rod, said each projection of said pair being directed in opposite circumferential directions, said plurality of projections having a spike shape with an end point, said spike having a shape and said end point being sharply pointed in a rotational direction of said rod to bite into the sheet during rotation of said rod and causing feeding of the sheet.