Patent ID: 8235379

Claim:
A media separating device of an automatic media dispenser, comprising: a pick-up bracket having a pick-up roller rotatably installed thereto, the pick-up roller picking up and conveying a medium received in a media box; a skew detecting sensor for detecting a skew of the medium picked up by the pick-up roller; a feed roller being in close contact with one surface of the medium to convey the medium by frictional force, the feed roller being rotated in a direction reverse to a direction in which the medium is conveyed when a skew of the medium is detected by the skew detecting sensor; a contra-roller cooperating with the feed roller to separate the medium one by one; and an interlocking means for rotating the pick-up bracket in a direction away from the push plate in response to rotation of a feed roller shaft provided with the feed roller when a skew of the medium is detected and the feed roller is rotated in the reverse direction.