Minolta EP1030 Manual page 73

1158SBM2400A,
ZS SEMI-AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT HANDLER (SDH)
e Up to 50 sheets of A5 lengthwise to A4 lengthwise or 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" to 8-1/2" x 140
(inch areas) can be loaded in the SDH.
1159SBM2401A
24-1. Document Take-Up Mechanism
e The document take-up mechanism takes up the top sheet of a document set placed
on the Document Feeding Tray and transports it up to the Registration Roller. The
drive for this mechanism comes from SDH Drive Motor MI 0.
1159SBM2402A
24-2. Document Separating Mechanism
e When two or more sheets of document are taken up by the Document Take-Up Roll,
the document separating mechanism prevents the second and subsequent sheets
from being fed further into the SDH. It consists of a Feed Roll, Separator Roll, and
a torque limiter.
e When only one sheet is taken up, the turning torque of the Feed Roll is transmitted
via the paper to the Separator Roll. However, since the stationary torque of the Sep-
arator Roll (torque limiter) is greater than the turning torque of the Feed Roll, the
Separator Roll is driven by the Feed Roll to feed the paper onward.
e If two sheets are taken up at once, the Separator Roll remains stationary because
of the stationary torque of the torque limiter, since the friction coefficient between
the top sheet and second sheet is low. This means that the second and subsequent
sheets are blocked, while only the top sheet is fed in.
SDH Drive Motor m0
Document Feed Roll
Document Take-Up Roll
Document Separator Roll
T159M034AA
Control Signal Energized WIRING DIAGRAM
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1158SBM2403A
24-3. Document Transport/Exit Mechanism
e The document transport mechanism transports the document, fed from the take-up
section up to the Registration Roller, on to the exposure position along the guide
plate.
e The document exit mechanism ejects the document transported by the transport
mechanism out into the Document Exit Tray.
SDH Registration
Clutch CL10
Registration Roller
1159M036AA
e The rollers at the transport and exit mechanisms are driven by a gear train from
SDH Drive Motor MI 0, turned when Registration Clutch CL1 0 is energized.
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