Toshiba 4511, 3511 manual Paper Feeding System, General Descriptions

10. PAPER FEEDING SYSTEM

10.1 General Descriptions

This chapter explains how the system works to pick up paper from the drawer or bypass tray and transport it to the transfer unit.

The paper feeding system mainly consists of the pickup roller, feed roller, separation roller, transport roller, registration roller, bypass paper sensor, empty sensor, paper stock sensor, feed sensor, registration sensor and drive system for these components. The transport motor drives the above rollers and sensors. Refer to chapter 9 for more details about the transport motor and its drive system.

(1)Pickup roller (Drawers and bypass feed)

This roller moves up and down and draws out the paper from the bypass tray or drawer and transport it to the feed roller.

(2)Feed roller (Drawers and bypass feed)

This roller is placed against the separation roller. It transports the paper from the pickup roller to the transport roller.

(3)Separation roller (Drawers and bypass feed)

This roller is placed against the feed roller. When two sheets of paper or more are transported from the pickup roller, the load of the torque limiter of the separation roller is heavier than the frictional force between the sheets. As the result, the separation roller is stopped and the lower paper is not advanced any further. When only one sheet is transported from the pickup roller, the separation roller rotates following the feed roller.

(4)Transport roller (Drawers and bypass feed)

This roller transports the paper sent from the feed roller to the registration roller.

(5)Registration roller

Paper transported from the transport roller is pushed against the registration roller which aligns the leading edge of the paper.

Then, the registration rollers rotate to transport the paper to the transfer unit.

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