---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000882"
title: "Medium feed apparatus to advance succeeding sheet of medium when preceding sheet of medium passes pick roller"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:32.260048Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000882"
categories:
  - "material-handling/package-handling"
keywords:
  - "b65h7/12"
  - "b65h2511/514"
  - "b65h2513/512"
  - "b65h2553/51"
  - "b65h2801/12"
  - "b65h3/06"
---

# Medium feed apparatus to advance succeeding sheet of medium when preceding sheet of medium passes pick roller

## Abstract

A medium feed apparatus includes a stacking tray, a pick roller located at an upstream side from a feed roller and separation roller in the medium conveyance direction, a first sensor located at an upstream side from the pick roller in the medium conveyance direction, a second sensor located at a downstream side from the feed roller and the separation roller in the medium conveyance direction, and a processor to rotate the pick roller and the feed roller in a medium feed direction to feed a plurality of sheets of the medium stacked on the stacking. The processor stops the pick roller when the second sensor detects a front end of a preceding sheet of the medium and rotates the pick roller again to advance a succeeding sheet of the medium when the first sensor detects a back end of the preceding sheet of the medium.