Patent ID: 6918581

Claim:
A paper sheet take-out apparatus, comprising: a paper feed table adapted to hold a stack of paper sheets; a take-out rotor, disposed adjacent to the paper feed table, comprising a circumferential surface defining a take-out rotor chamber and a suction port; and a positioning device, disposed adjacent to the take-out rotor, comprising a positioning device chamber, disposed adjacent to the circumferential surface and opened toward the circumferential surface, and an absorption block disposed adjacent to the take-out rotor and being operatively connected thereto, the absorption block defining an absorption block suction port, wherein, during operation, the circumferential surface rotates, thereby rotating the suction port, the take-out rotor chamber is operated under a vacuum, thereby drawing air through the suction port, when the suction port is in register with the positioning device chamber, air is drawn from the positioning device chamber and the absorption block suction port, thereby causing the absorption block to absorb an uppermost paper sheet from the paper feed table, and when the suction port is not in register with the positioning device chamber, the absorption block releases the uppermost paper sheet, permitting the uppermost paper sheet to be captured by the suction port so that the uppermost paper sheet may be taken out from the paper feed table by the take-out rotor.