Automatic document feeding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12227387-B2
Application number	US-202218091067-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2022
Priority date	Oct 20, 2022
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

An automatic document feeding device having a main body, a stopping assembly, an actuating assembly and a controller. The main body has a sheet conveying channel of a curvature shape. A sheet feeding roller assembly and a sheet conveying roller assembly are arranged on the sheet conveying channel. The stopping assembly is arranged between the sheet feeding roller assembly and the sheet conveying roller assembly. The stopping assembly is capable of being located in or out of the sheet conveying channel. A buffering channel is located between the stopping assembly and the sheet feeding roller assembly. The controller is electrically connected with the actuating assembly and the sheet feeding roller assembly. The controller controls the actuating assembly to hold the stopping assembly in the sheet conveying channel to block the sheet conveying channel in a predetermined period, and then controls the actuating assembly to stop holding the stopping assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automatic document feeding device, comprising:
a main body, comprising a sheet conveying channel disposed therein, wherein the sheet conveying channel is of a curvature shape, a buffering channel is defined in a manner of a portion of the sheet conveying channel being expanded, and a sheet feeding roller assembly and a sheet conveying roller assembly are respectively arranged at two positions of the sheet conveying channel;
a stopping assembly, arranged between the sheet feeding roller assembly and the sheet conveying roller assembly and adjacent to the sheet conveying roller assembly, movably disposed on the main body and located in the sheet conveying channel or outside the sheet conveying channel, and the buffering channel located between the stopping assembly and the sheet feeding roller assembly;
an actuating assembly, arranged on the main body corresponding to the stopping assembly and configured to move, hold or release the stopping assembly; and
a controller, electrically connected with the actuating assembly and the sheet feeding roller assembly, wherein after the controller actuates the sheet feeding roller assembly, the controller controls the actuating assembly to hold the stopping assembly in the sheet conveying channel to block the sheet conveying channel in a predetermined period, and then controls the actuating assembly to stop the stopping assembly from blocking the sheet conveying channel,
wherein the buffering channel is defined at a convex side of the sheet conveying channel.

2. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating assembly further comprises an elastic restoring member arranged on the stopping assembly, the elastic restoring member abuts against the stopping assembly, and the stopping assembly is pushed to restore to the sheet conveying channel by the elastic restoring member after the stopping assembly withdraws from the sheet conveying channel.

3. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating assembly further comprising a gravity restoring member arranged on the stopping assembly, and the stopping assembly is pushed to restore to the sheet conveying channel by the gravity restoring member after the stopping assembly withdraws from the sheet conveying channel.

4. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet conveying channel comprises a sheet entrance disposed at one end thereof, the sheet feeding roller assembly is disposed between the sheet entrance and the buffering channel.

5. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 4 , wherein the main body comprises a tray connected with the sheet entrance.

6. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet conveying roller assembly is disposed below the sheet feeding roller assembly, and a vertical position of the stopping assembly is between the sheet feeding roller assembly and the sheet conveying roller assembly.

7. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet feeding roller assembly comprises a feeding driving roller and an idle roller adjacent to each other and respectively disposed at two sides of the sheet conveying channel, and the feeding driving roller is disposed at a concave side of the sheet conveying channel.

8. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet conveying roller assembly comprises a conveying driving roller and an idle roller adjacent to each other and respectively disposed at two sides of the sheet conveying channel, and the conveying driving roller is disposed at a concave side of the sheet conveying channel.

9. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopping assembly comprises a plurality of stoppers inserted into the sheet conveying channel, a calibration reference line is defined by the stoppers being arranged in the sheet conveying channel when the stoppers are located in the sheet conveying channel, and the calibration reference line is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the sheet conveying channel.

10. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopping assembly is predeterminedly to be located in the sheet conveying channel, the controller controls the actuating assembly to hold the stopping assembly in the sheet conveying channel for a predetermined period, and then controls the actuating assembly to release the stopping assembly.

11. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopping assembly is predeterminedly to be located outside the sheet conveying channel, the controller controls the actuating assembly to move the stopping assembly into the sheet conveying channel and hold the stopping assembly in the sheet conveying channel for a predetermined period, and then controls the actuating assembly to release the stopping assembly.

12. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the actuating assembly to hold the stopping assembly in the sheet conveying channel for a predetermined period, and then controls the actuating assembly to move the stopping assembly out of the sheet conveying channel.

13. The automatic document feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopping assembly is disposed at a concave side of the sheet conveying channel.

Assignees

• Kinpo Elect Inc

Inventors

• Tung Ya-Ching
• Chang Po-Chih

Classifications

• B65H2301/512125

  by abutting against a stop · CPC title

• B65H2404/725

  retractable · CPC title

• B65H2801/12

  Single-function printing machines, typically table-top machines · CPC title

• B65H2403/725

  Brakes · CPC title

• B65H7/20

  Controlling associated apparatus · CPC title