Facsimile transmitter sheet feeding mechanism

Claim 1

A FACSIMILE TRANSMITTER SHEET FEEDING MECHANISM COMPRISING A FRAME, A PAPER GUIDE TRAY INCLINED DOWNWARDLY AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A PILE OF SINGLED SHEETS, THE LOWER END OF THE GUIDE TRAY FORMING ITS OUTLET, AN EXTENSION FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAY, THE EXTENSION HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, A ROTATABLE FEED ROLLER, A SHAFT JOURNALLED IN THE FRAME, THE FEED ROLLER POSITIONED WITH ITS PERIPHERY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPENING, A FIXED RETARD ROLLER POSITIONED BENEATH THE OPENING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ROTATABLE ROLLER, THE ROTATABLE FEED ROLLER HAVING A YEIDING PAPER ENGAGING SURFACE, THE ROLLERS CLOSELY POSITIONED TOGTHER, SUPPORTING MEANS FOR THE FIXED ROLLER, ADJUSTMENT MEANS TO VARY THE POSITION OF THE FIXED ROLLER, MEANS FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FIXED ROLLER PROVIDING ROTATABLE ADJUSTMENT THEREOF, AND A SPRING MEMBER SECURED AT ONE END TO THE OUTLET END OF THE TRAY AND BIFURCATED TO PASS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FEED ROLLER, A SHOE FOR THE SPRING MEMBER DIRECTED UPWARDLY AGAINST THE FEED ROLLER DOWNSTREAM SIDE AND EXTENDING UNDER THE FEED ROLLER AND AROUND THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE THEREOF OUTWARDLY OF A CENTER LINE BETWEEN THE AXES OF THE FEED AND RETARD ROLLERS SO AS TO PROVIDE INCREASED AREA OF CONTACT BETWEEN A SHEET OF PAPER AND SAID FEED ROLLER.