Patent ID: 7367556

Claim:
A sheet-handling apparatus, comprising: a base located at the lower end of the sheet-handling apparatus; an inner cover covering on the base, the base and the inner cover forming a cavity; a guidance assembly installed between the base and the inner cover; a top cover covering the inner cover, the guidance assembly and the base; a first channel located between the guidance assembly and the base and between the guidance assembly and the top cover; a second channel located between the inner cover and the guidance assembly, the second channel communicating with the first channel; a sheet entrance formed at the outer end of the second channel; a sheet exit formed at the outer end of the first channel; a sheet-fetching assembly contained in the top cover, the sheet-fetching assembly including: a second motor; a feeding roller having an axle and a swimming gear engaged at the end of the axle in order to be driven by the second motor; a preliminary feeding roller driven by the feeding roller; a bracket partially covering the feeding roller and the preliminary feeding roller; a front swimming gear engaged with the preliminary feeding roller; a rear swimming gear engaged with the feeding roller; a unidirectional clutch located between the front swimming gear and the preliminary feeding roller and engaged with the bracket; a middle gear engaged between the front swimming gear and the rear swimming gear so that the preliminary feeding roller is driven by the feeding roller; a passive gear engaged with and driven by the second motor; a floating gear meshing with the passive gear; a connecting arm engaging with the passive gear and the floating gear so that the floating gear revolves around the passive gear; a prop assembly installed in the base, including: a brace arranged in the base; a prop axel engaged in the brace; a twist arm fixed at one end of the prop axel, the twist arm having a plurality of teeth for contacting with the floating gear; a swimming arm sleeved and firmly engaged with the prop axel; a spring component installed on a support board of the swimming arm; a first motor arranged in the cavity formed by the base and the inner cover; a plurality of driving rollers arranged along the first channel and driven by the first motor; and a plurality of driven rollers driven by the driving rollers, respectively.