Paper feeding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9926154-B1
Application number	US-201715440187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 23, 2017
Priority date	Feb 23, 2017
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

Abstract

A paper feeding device includes a pickup mechanism, a conveying mechanism disposed behind the pickup mechanism, a separation mechanism disposed behind the conveying mechanism, a feeding mechanism disposed behind the separation mechanism, a transmission mechanism driving the pickup mechanism, the conveying mechanism, the separation mechanism and the feeding mechanism, and an ultrasonic circuit unit disposed between the separation mechanism and the transmission mechanism. The ultrasonic circuit unit includes an ultrasonic detecting module, an amplifying circuit unit electrically connected with the ultrasonic detecting module, a paper density detecting unit electrically connected with the amplifying circuit unit, an analog-to-digital converter electrically connected with the paper density detecting unit, a processor electrically connected with the analog-to-digital converter, and a driving unit electrically connected with the processor and the transmission mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A paper feeding device, comprising:
a pickup mechanism for picking up paper and transmitting the paper backward;
a conveying mechanism disposed behind the pickup mechanism for conveying the paper transmitted by the pickup mechanism backward;
a separation mechanism disposed behind the conveying mechanism for separating the paper conveyed by the conveying mechanism and transmitting the separated paper backward;
a feeding mechanism disposed behind the separation mechanism for feeding the paper transmitted by the separation mechanism backward;
a transmission mechanism electrically connected with and rotatably driving the pickup mechanism, the conveying mechanism, the separation mechanism and the feeding mechanism; and
an ultrasonic circuit unit disposed between the separation mechanism and the transmission mechanism, the ultrasonic circuit unit including:
an ultrasonic detecting module for detecting paper signals,
an amplifying circuit unit electrically connected with the ultrasonic detecting module for receiving and amplifying the paper signals into amplified paper signals,
a paper density detecting unit electrically connected with the amplifying circuit unit for receiving and analyzing the amplified paper signals to obtain a density of each piece of paper to determine a thickness of the each piece of paper and output paper density signals,
an analog-to-digital converter electrically connected with the paper density detecting unit for converting the paper density signals into digital signals,
a driving unit electrically connected with and driving the transmission mechanism to rotate, and
a processor electrically connected with the analog-to-digital converter and the driving unit, the processor receiving the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter and controlling the driving unit based on the digital signals;

wherein the processor controls the driving unit to modulate rotation speeds of the transmission mechanism based on the digital signals according to different thicknesses of the paper determined by the paper density detecting unit.

2. The paper feeding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amplifying circuit unit is a superposition of multiple amplifiers so as to amplify the paper signals into the amplified paper signals with multiple magnifications.

3. The paper feeding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the separation mechanism includes a separation driving pulley and a separation following pulley, the separation following pulley is disposed above the separation driving pulley, and the separation driving pulley is driven by the transmission mechanism.

4. The paper feeding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feeding mechanism includes a feed driving pulley and a feed following pulley, the feed following pulley is disposed above the feed driving pulley, and the feed driving pulley is driven by the transmission mechanism.

5. The paper feeding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feeding mechanism is disposed behind the ultrasonic circuit unit, and paper feeding speeds of the paper feeding device are modulated by virtue of modulating the rotation speeds of the transmission mechanism for being appropriate to the different thicknesses of the paper.

6. The paper feeding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission mechanism is a motor.

7. A paper feeding device, comprising:
a pickup mechanism for picking up paper and transmitting the paper backward;
a conveying mechanism disposed behind the pickup mechanism for conveying the paper transmitted by the pickup mechanism backward;
a separation mechanism disposed behind the conveying mechanism for separating the paper conveyed by the conveying mechanism and transmitting the separated paper backward;
a feeding mechanism disposed behind the separation mechanism for feeding the paper transmitted by the separation mechanism backward;
a transmission mechanism electrically connected with and rotatably driving the pickup mechanism, the conveying mechanism, the separation mechanism and the feeding mechanism; and
an ultrasonic circuit unit disposed between the separation mechanism and the transmission mechanism, the ultrasonic circuit unit including:
an ultrasonic detecting module for detecting paper signals,
an amplifying circuit unit electrically connected with the ultrasonic detecting module for receiving and amplifying the paper signals into amplified paper signals,
a paper density detecting unit electrically connected with the amplifying circuit unit for receiving and analyzing the amplified paper signals to obtain a density of each piece of paper to determine a thickness of the each piece of paper and output paper density signals,
an analog-to-digital converter electrically connected with the paper density detecting unit for converting the paper density signals into digital signals,
a driving unit electrically connected with and driving the transmission mechanism to rotate, and
a processor electrically connected with the analog-to-digital converter and the driving unit, the processor receiving the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter and controlling the driving unit based on the digital signals;

wherein the processor controls the driving unit to modulate rotation speeds of the transmission mechanism based on the digital signals according to different thickness of the paper determined by the paper density detecting unit, the ultrasonic circuit unit further includes a paper quantity detecting unit electrically connected with the amplifying circuit unit for detecting a quantity of the amplified paper signals, and the analog-to-digital converter is electrically connected with the paper quantity detecting unit.

8. A paper feeding device, comprising:
a pickup mechanism for picking up paper and transmitting the paper backward;
a conveying mechanism disposed behind the pickup mechanism for conveying the paper transmitted by the pickup mechanism backward;
a separation mechanism disposed behind the conveying mechanism for separating the paper conveyed by the conveying mechanism and transmitting the separated paper backward;
a feeding mechanism disposed behind the separation mechanism for feeding the paper transmitted by the separation mechanism backward;
a transmission mechanism electrically connected with and rotatably driving the pickup mechanism, the conveying mechanism, the separation mechanism and the feeding mechanism; and
an ultrasonic circuit unit disposed between the separation mechanism and the transmission mechanism, the ultrasonic circuit unit including:
an ultrasonic detecting module for detecting paper signals,
an amplifying circuit unit electrically connected with the ultrasonic detecting module for receiving and amplifying the paper signals into amplified paper signals,
a paper density detecting unit electrically connected with the amplifying circuit unit for receiving and analyzing the amplified paper signals to obtain a density of each piece of paper to determine a thickness of the each piece of paper and output paper density signals,
an analog-to-digital converter electrically connected with the paper density detecting unit for converting the paper density signals into digital signals,
a driving unit electrically connected with and driving the transmission mechanism to rotate, and
a processor electrically connected with the analog-to-digital converter and the driving unit, the processor receiving the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter and controlling the driving unit based on the digital signals;

wherein the processor controls the driving unit to modulate rotation speeds of the transmission mechanism based on the digital signals according to different thickness of t

Assignees

• Foxlink Image Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsai Yuan Hao
• Chen Chien Jen
• Tseng Shih Wei
• Chen Yi Hong

Classifications

• B65H3/06

  Rollers or like rotary separators {(B65H3/42 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65H5/06

  by rollers {or balls, e.g. between rollers (transport by suction rollers B65H5/226)} · CPC title

• B65H7/02 Primary

  by feelers or detectors · CPC title

• B41L21/02

  for conveying sheets · CPC title

• B65H2553/30

  using acoustic or ultrasonic elements · CPC title