| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a media separating apparatus and method for an automatic media dispenser. The media separating apparatus of the present invention comprises a pickup roller 24 which is installed on a pickup roller shaft 28 driven by a first driving source 26 to pick up and convey media m stored in a media box 20, a plurality of first feed rollers 42 a which is installed on a feed roller shaft 46 driven by the first driving source 26 and brought into close contact with one surface of the medium m to convey the medium m using a friction force generated between the medium and the first feed rollers, a second feed roller 42 b which is installed on the feed roller shaft 46 via a bearing and rotated by a second driving source 44 driven separately from the first driving source 26 to convey the medium m, and a plurality of separating rollers 56 which are installed to correspond to outer circumference surfaces of the first and second feed rollers 42 a and 42 b and to separate out the media m one by one in cooperation with the first and second feed rollers 42 a and 42 b. According to the present invention so configured, if the picked up medium m is sensed by a media conveyance sensor 34, the operation of the first driving source 26 is stopped such that the pickup roller 24 and the first feed roller 42 a do not pick up the next medium m. Therefore, there are advantages in that the media m cannot be conveyed in a state where they are overlapped with one another and that reliability in the media separation can also be enhanced.
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