Patent ID: 7841592

Claim:
A paper feeding device, comprising: a pick roller having a roller surface; a spring element disposed above the pick roller, the spring element having two spring arms extending toward two ends of the pick roller, free ends of the two spring arms extending to positions outside the two ends of the pick roller and below the roller surface so as to be contactless with the roller surface and being pushed forward and upward by papers and then transferring a press force to the pick roller; and a separator pad arranged in front of the spring element and contacting with the roller surface of the pick roller for cooperating with the pick roller to separate a lowermost one of the papers, a bracket disposed above the pick roller, the bracket having a support board, the spring element having a holding board fixed on the support board, two sides of the holding board extending and bending downward to form the two spring arms; wherein the spring arm has a clip portion extending upward and then bending downward and rearward from the holding portion, the clip portion clips the top of the support board, a free end of the clip portion extends downward further to form a spring portion placed on the rear of the support board, a free end of the spring portion extends downward and beyond the support board and then extends below the roller surface.