Patent ID: 7815184

Claim:
A paper sheet separating and take-out device comprising: a deposit section in which a plurality of overlapped paper sheets are deposited; a supply mechanism which moves said plurality of deposited paper sheets in an overlapping direction so as to supply a paper sheet at a front end of a moving direction to a take-out position at one end of the deposit section; a take-out mechanism which comes in contact with the paper sheet supplied to the take-out position and rotates so as to take out the paper sheet in a direction substantially perpendicular to the overlapping direction; a separating mechanism which is fixedly arranged to a side opposite to the take-out mechanism across a conveyance path for conveying the paper sheets on a downstream side of a take-out direction of the paper sheets by the take-out mechanism, the separating mechanism applies a negative pressure to the paper sheets to be taken out onto the conveyance path and simultaneously applies a separating torque in an opposite direction to the take-out direction, so as to separate second and subsequent paper sheets that are carried along with the paper sheet to be taken out from the take-out position; and a space variable mechanism which is arranged to regulate one side of the conveyance path and is positioned opposite to the separating mechanism, the space variable mechanism is configured to move in a direction in which it separates away from the conveyance path, due to a collision of the paper sheet taken out onto the conveyance path by the take-out mechanism, so as to increase a space with respect to the separating mechanism, wherein the space variable mechanism includes a movable belt which oscillates due to the collision of the paper sheets to be conveyed via the conveyance path and applies a conveyance force to the paper sheet taken out onto the conveyance path.