| 摘要 |
<p>A low cost sheet feeder for large copy sheets (17) includes a sheet chamber mounted to support copy sheets in a substantially vertical plane. A two-position, T-shaped feeder mechanism (220) including a pair of one-way clutch controlled feed rolls (224, 225) is slidably mounted on a rail (218) for contacting the sheets. A foot pedal (238) is connected (239, 232) to the feeder mechanism such that when movement of the foot pedal is initiated, the feeder mechanism is moved in a first direction to a position contacting the copy sheets and with continued movement of the foot pedal, a top sheet of the copy sheets is moved by the feeder mechanism out of the tray in a second, vertical, direction a predetermined amount to a copier wait station, and with return of the foot pedal to its initial position, the feed mechanism is caused to retract from the surface copy sheets in a third direction to its initial position.</p> |
