Patent ID: 8448935

Claim:
A pickup mechanism, comprising: a main frame; a supporting element mounted to the main frame; and a pickup module positioned in the main frame, and including a pickup arm, a transmitting element, a separation element, a pickup element and a barrel element, the separation element including a separation shaft and a separation roller mounted around the separation shaft, the pickup element including a pickup shaft and a pickup roller mounted around the pickup shaft, the separation roller and the pickup roller being restricted in the pickup arm, the transmitting element linking the separation shaft and the pickup shaft, the pickup arm pivoted at the separation shaft to swing the pickup module upward or downward under a drive of a power source, the barrel element having a barrel-shaped base portion pivotally mounted around the pickup shaft of the pickup element, a side of the base portion extending outward to form a stopping block, wherein when the pickup module swings upward or downward under the drive of the power source, the barrel element is also driven to rotate along with the pickup shaft so as to make the stopping block against the supporting element or apart from the supporting element.