Patent ID: 6857630

Claim:
A paper pickup mechanism for automatically picking up a paper, comprising: a system motor for proceeding a first-direction rotation, and a second-direction rotation; a mounting shaft switching between a starting position and a pickup position; a first device driven by said system motor; and a second device driven by said first drive device, wherein said mounting shaft is driven by said first device to be switched from said starting position to said pickup position till said mounting shaft is limited by said paper while said system motor proceeds said first-direction rotation and said second device suffers an external force having a value less than a threshold, while said value of said external force suffered by said second device is larger than said threshold, so that said second drive device is started to move said paper, and while said system motor proceeds said second-direction rotation and said second device suffers said external force having said value less than said threshold, said mounting shaft is driven by said first device to be restored from said pickup position to said starting position.