Manual Feed Paper Separating Mechanism - Minolta CF910 Service Manual

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14-4. Manual Feed Paper Separating Mechanism

• A torque limiter is used for paper separation.
• Using the friction coefficient between the Manual Bypass Feed Roll and Manual Bypass
Separator Roll, the Manual Bypass Separator Roll is stopped so that only the 1st sheet of
paper is taken up and fed into the copier.
<Normal Feeding>
Driven by Manual Bypass Feed Roll
<At the Time of Double Feed>
Stationary
Manual Bypass Feed
Roll
Paper
Manual Bypass
Separator Roll
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Manual Bypass Feed Roll
1st Sheet of Paper
2nd Sheet of Paper
Manual Bypass
Separator Roll
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• Since the friction coefficient on the
top side of the paper is equal to that
on the underside of the paper, the
Separator Roll is turned by the
Feed Roll. This feeds the paper
into the Vertical Transport Section.
• The friction coefficient between the
sheets of paper is smaller than the
torque limiter value of the Separator
Roll. This stops the Separator Roll,
blocking the second and subse-
quent sheets of paper at the area of
contact between the Feed and Sep-
arator Rolls.