US 12,441,570 B2
Automatic document feeder
Wen Yu Wang, New Taipei (TW); and Pai Hsien Su, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,312.
Claims priority of application No. 202223001415.X (CN), filed on Nov. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0158197 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 29/14 (2013.01) [B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 2404/63 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6942 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic document feeder, comprising:
a feeding path;
a pickup roller assembly arranged at an upstream of the feeding path for feeding documents into the feeding path;
an ejecting tray arranged at a downstream of the feeding path for loading ejected documents;
a paper feeding roller assembly arranged in the feeding path;
a paper ejecting roller assembly arranged at the downstream of the feeding path, the paper ejecting roller assembly including a first ejecting roller arranged at a top of the feeding path, and a second ejecting roller arranged at a bottom of the feeding path;
an anti-drawing arm arranged between the paper ejecting roller assembly and the ejecting tray, the anti-drawing arm including a pivot section coaxially connected to the first ejecting roller, a stopping section extended downward from the pivot section and extending into the feeding path, and a snapping section extended upward from the pivot section; and
a paper feeding motor driving the pickup roller assembly, the paper feeding roller assembly and the paper ejecting roller assembly,
wherein the snapping section is arranged to contact with a wall of the feeding path when the anti-drawing arm deflects downward by an own weight of the anti-drawing arm, one surface of the stopping section is defined as a smooth surface which is positioned adjacent to the downstream of the feeding path, a bottom of the stopping section has an end point, when the anti-drawing arm is deflected downward by the own weight of the anti-drawing arm, a position of the end point falls within a peripheral surface of the second ejecting roller, the smooth surface is located at a downstream of a contact point between the first ejecting roller and the second ejecting roller, and the smooth surface covers a position of the feeding path.