摘要 |
Sheet feed apparatus comprising a frame, a tray for supporting a stack of sheets adapted to be fed along a predetermined path, the tray mounted for pivotable movement on an axis a direction away from the direction in which feed is to be affected, a cam member operatively engageable with the lower portion of the tray to continually pivot the tray in an upward direction on the high rise portion of the cam and then return the tray to its original position upon a rotation of the cam to the low rise portion, drive means for operatively rotating the cam member in intermittent fashion upon receipt of discrete electrical signals, and control means associated with the stack for actuating the drive means when the top of the stack falls below a predetermined plane until the sheets have been fed.
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