Claims
- 1. A sheet picking up device comprising:
- a suction member for picking up an edge of a first sheet from a stack of sheets, said suction member comprising a suction aperture portion which is directed to one corner of said stack of sheets; and
- a driving device for rotating said suction aperture portion of said suction member to a position in which said suction aperture portion is upwardly directed so as to pick up the edge of said first sheet and displacing the suction member to a position near the center of said first sheet so as to move said picked up edge of said first sheet to the center of said first sheet;
- wherein said suction member comprises an axis which intersects a side edge of said stack of sheets such that an extension of said axis intersects a front edge of said stack of sheets; and said driving device rotates said suction member about said axis and displaces said suction member toward the center of said picked up first sheet along a line which intersects said axis and is parallel to a surface of the picked up first sheet.
- 2. A sheet picking-up device, as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a rotary brush arranged at one corner of the stacked sheets for sweeping down the corner of the stacked sheets in a downward direction.
Priority Claims (2)
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63-308396 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/446,698, filed on Dec. 6, 1989, and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,056,300, issued Oct. 15, 1991.
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Divisions (1)
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