Patent ID: 6896255

Claim:
A sheet extracting device comprising: (a) a cassette for receiving a stack of sheets; (b) a pressing element movably mounted in the cassette to bear with a first force against a first end face of the stack of sheets, the pressing element being movable in a pressing direction; (c) extracting elements positioned to bear with a predetermined second force against a second end face of the stack opposite the first end face; (d) a drive motor operable to displace the pressing element so that the second end face of the stack of sheets is brought to bear with the second force against the extracting elements; (e) a measuring device for mounted to determine the second force the measuring device generating an output signal for controlling the drive motor in order to maintain the second force; (f) a slide for holding the stack and the pressing element which is accommodated movably in the cassette in the direction of displacement of the pressing element being displaceable with respect to the slide by the drive motor and (g) a means are provided for generating a displacement-dependent force, which presses the slide in the direction of the extracting elements.