Patent ID: 8042800
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet pick-up device of an automatic document feeder for feeding a sheet into a sheet feeding path of said automatic document feeder, said sheet pick-up device comprising: a sheet pick-up module comprising a driving shaft and a sheet pick-up arm pivotally coupled to said driving shaft, wherein said sheet pick-up arm is driven by said driving shaft to be rotated to either a standby position or a sheet feeding position, and said sheet is fed into said sheet feeding path by said sheet pick-up module when said sheet pick-up arm is rotated to said sheet feeding position; and a sustaining element pivotally coupled to said sheet pick-up arm, wherein when said sheet pick-up arm stays in said standby position, when a distal end of said sustaining element is rotated to be in contact with the surface of said sheet feeding path, wherein an anti-slip element is disposed on said distal end of said sustaining element to be in contact with said sheet feeding path.