| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dual friction region separation pad, a medium separator, and a medium separator mechanism using the same. SOLUTION: This medium separator, that cooperates with a medium pick to form a nip in a feed path of a medium handling apparatus, supports a separation pad that includes first and second friction regions for movement relative to the medium separator, against a bias force, in a feed direction of a sheet of medium through the nip. The first and second friction regions selectively engage the sheet of medium passing through the nip with a retard/separation force determined by the bias force, to retard and control a feeding operation of the sheet of medium through the nip, and to feed the pluralily of sheets of medium through the nip one at a time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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