Patent ID: 7293769
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheets separation/conveying apparatus comprising: a take-out portion configured to take out sheets on a conveying path by rotating a pickup roller in contact with sheets at the end of a stacking direction; a conveying portion configured to convey the sheets that are taken out on onto a conveying path; an overlapped sheets detector configured to detect a plurality of sheets being conveyed in a overlapped state on the conveying path; a separating portion provided on the conveying path at a downstream side from the overlapped sheets detector and along the conveying direction, and the separating portion configured to separate the sheets conveyed in the overlapped state from each other; and a controller configured to stop the operation of the take-out portion and to reduce conveying speed of the separating portion to achieve a predetermined gap between the separated sheets, in accordance with a detection of the sheets in an overlapped state.