A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a transportation member that transports a paper sheet and a rotation shaft member that serves as a center of rotation of the transportation member, wherein the transportation member includes a plurality of elastic loop sections having central axes parallel to the rotation shaft member, and the plurality of loop sections are arranged in a rotation direction of the transportation member such that the plurality of loop sections are each supported by an adjacent loop section when being elastically deformed while contacting the paper sheet.

A singling apparatus and a system for singling sheet material comprises a sheet store for receiving a sheet stack of sheets to be singled. The sheet store includes a singling gap, which is formed and arranged to deliver a sheet out of the sheet store to a transport mechanism. The singling apparatus comprises further a singling device comprising a rotating separation roller wherein the separation roller comprises partially on its rotational surface a contact area to periodically contact and transport the sheet from the sheet store to the transport mechanism. A position control device of the singling apparatus is coupled to the separation roller and comprises an alignment indication being in correlation with an angle position of the contact area of the separation roller and indicates the alignment of the contact area to the singling gap and/or the sheet.

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a storage unit storing a sheet, a conveyance member to convey a sheet, a support shaft portion, and a separation unit. The support shaft portion has one end fixed to a main body of the sheet conveyance apparatus and the other end as a free end that is not fixed to the main body. The separation unit pinches and conveys a sheet with the conveyance member and separates a plurality of sheets stored in and fed from the storage unit one by one. The separation unit includes a separation member that is supported by the support shaft portion and rotatable with the support shaft portion, and a holding member to hold the separation member. By moving the holding member in an axial direction of the support shaft portion, the separation unit is removed from the apparatus with the holding member holding the separation member.

A print device comprises a media pickup assembly to feed print media, from a print media stack of an input tray, into a media loading path for printing. The media pickup assembly (106) includes a pickup roller (110) mounted on a rotatable shaft (108) and may include an outer surface (112) to be in contact with the print medium and a slot (114) comprising lateral walls (404) extending from the outer surface towards a central longitudinal axis of the pickup roller. Each lateral wall has an edge meeting the outer surface (112). The edge (408) creates a surface contact between the print media and the pickup roller, to allow the pickup roller (110) to push the print media into the media loading path. A distance between the edge (408) of one lateral wall (404-1) and the edge of another lateral wall (404-2) is in a range of about 2 mm to 3 mm. The distance defines a width of the slot (114).

The present invention discloses a card-feeding device and a badge and card printer. The card-feeding device comprises: a base on which cards are stacked, a card outlet being provided at one end of the base; a rotary card-feeding mechanism which is located below the bottommost card and provided with a rotary swing arm and a push rod provided on the rotary swing arm, the push rod pushing the bottommost card towards the card outlet as the swing arm rotates; and a roller card-feeding mechanism which is installed between the rotary card-feeding mechanism and the card outlet and provided with a roller with an outer edge protruding from the top surface of the base, the bottommost card being transported to the card outlet when the roller rotates.

According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a support shaft, a connecting member, and a detachable member. The support shaft extends in a first direction. The support shaft includes a protrusion. The protrusion protrudes in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The connecting member is formed of an elastic material. The connecting member interposes the protrusion therebetween. The connecting member is connected to the support shaft to surround an outer periphery of the support shaft. The detachable member is detachably connected to the support shaft via the connecting member.

A pick-up roller (100) comprises a circular body (116) to transition print media towards a print path, the circular body (116) includes a first flat surface (118), a first rim (114) connected to a first distal end (126) of the circular body (116), and a second rim (122) connected to a second distal end (128) of the circular body (116); and a cylindrical connector (124) coupled to the second rim (122), wherein a flat portion of the cylindrical connector (124) is coupled to the second rim (122).

A sheet conveyer having a sheet tray, a tray-driving mechanism, a conveyance guide, a feed roller, a separator, a conveyer, a conveyer-driving mechanism, a controller, and a sheet sensor to detect sheets on the sheet tray, is provided. The conveyer-driving mechanism includes a transmission-active portion and a transmission-passive portion. A conveying velocity to convey the sheets by the conveyer is higher than a conveying velocity to convey the sheets by the feed roller and the separator. The transmission-active portion and the transmission-passive portion are rotatable about a transmission axis. The transmission-passive portion rotates passively by being pushed by the transmission-active portion. After the sheet sensor detects absence of the sheets, and before the transmission-passive portion starts rotating passively, the controller conducts a specific action to move the sheet tray downward by controlling the tray-driving mechanism.

A singling apparatus and a system for singling sheet material comprises a sheet store for receiving a sheet stack of sheets to be singled. The sheet store includes a singling gap, which is formed and arranged to deliver a sheet out of the sheet store to a transport mechanism. The singling apparatus comprises further a singling device comprising a rotating separation roller wherein the separation roller comprises partially on its rotational surface a contact area to periodically contact and transport the sheet from the sheet store to the transport mechanism. A position control device of the singling apparatus is coupled to the separation roller and comprises an alignment indication being in correlation with an angle position of the contact area of the separation roller and indicates the alignment of the contact area to the singling gap and/or the sheet.

A sheet feeding apparatus includes: a feeding roller configured to feed the sheet. The feeding roller includes a core portion which rotatably supports the feeding roller when the feeding roller is fitted to the shaft of the feeding roller, and a roller portion provided on an outer periphery of the core portion. The roller portion rotates integrally with the core portion and abuts on the sheet. The core portion includes an engaging portion that engages with the shaft to restrict a movement of the feeding roller in an axial direction when the feeding roller is fitted to the shaft. The shaft includes an engaging groove with which the engaging portion engages when the feeding roller is fitted to the shaft. The core portion includes a protrusion extending in the axial direction at an opposing position to the engaging portion when the feeding roller is fitted to the shaft.