Patent ID: 8376144

Claim:
A media separator for separating and sending out lumped media, comprising: a lumped-media conveyer mechanism which receives the lumped media to convey the lumped media in a predetermined direction, the lumped-media conveyer mechanism including conveyors, including an upper conveyor and a lower conveyor, for conveying the lumped media while pinching the lumped media, said upper conveyor including a pulley arranged at a downstream end of the upper conveyor in a conveyance direction of said lumped media in said lumped-media conveyer mechanism, and an auxiliary conveyer body disposed coaxially with said pulley; and a picker roller which separates the lumped media conveyed by said lumped-media conveyer mechanism, wherein the auxiliary conveyer body is for assisting in separation of the lumped media by the picker roller by conveying one or more media of the lumped media to said picker roller.