Patent ID: 7270326

Claim:
A paper sheet separation and transfer apparatus comprising: a take-out roller which rotates and contacts a paper sheet at one end of a stack of a plurality of paper sheets, and takes out the paper sheet onto a transfer path; a first separation unit having a first feed roller which contacts the paper sheet taken out onto the transfer path and rotates forward, and a first separation roller which is pressed to the first feed roller through the transfer path, and separates second and following paper sheets taken out together with the first paper sheet by giving a reverse separating force; a second separation unit having a second feed roller which contacts the paper sheet passed through the first separation unit and rotates forward, and a second separation roller which is pressed to the second feed roller through the transfer path, and separates second and following paper sheets taken out together with the first paper sheet by giving a reverse separating force; a state detection unit which detects the state that a plurality of paper sheets exist between the second feed roller and second separation roller; and a control unit which decelerates the peripheral speed of the first feed roller, when the state detection unit detects said state.