CHAPTER 7 PICK-UP/FEEDING SYSTEM
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3. Movement of the Cassette Lifter
The cassette lifter is operated at such times as needed during copying operation to keep the
surface of a stack of copy paper at a specific level.
a. Driving the Lifter during Copying Operation
The cassette lifter is controlled by the movement of the pick-up roller shaft. The lifter starts to
move when the pick-up roller shaft pushes down the lifter trigger lever to release the cam, and the
lifter is operated until the lifter trigger lever stops the movement of the cam.
1) The pick-up roller shaft moves down each time the pick-up roller down solenoid turns on to
initiate pick-up operation.
The distance traveled by the pick-up roller shaft varies according to the level of copy paper.
2) When the cassette starts to run out of paper and, as a result, the pick-up roller shaft moves down
accordingly farther to reach the decreasing stack, the lifter trigger lever pushes the pick-up
roller shaft, thereby releasing the cam to rotate.
3) The rotation of the cam rotates the eccentric cam mounted to the same shaft. The eccentric cam
operates the lever to move up the lifter.
4) As the lifter moves up, the level of the stack moves up, causing the pick-up roller shaft to move
down less. As a result, the lifter trigger lever is pulled back by the force of a spring to keep the
cam in check.
The foregoing operations are repeated; when the cassette runs out of paper and the cassette
paper sensor detects the absence of paper, cassette pick-up operation ends.
Figure 7-106 Cassette Lifter Movement
Pick-up
roller shaft
Cam
Lifter gear
Lever
Eccentric cam