Medium feeding device, image reading apparatus, and recording apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10059543
APP PUB NO 20170107068A1
SERIAL NO

15295413

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A medium feeding device including a medium mounting portion where media are mounted; a feeding roller that feeds the media from the medium mounting portion by contacting a bottommost sheet of the media mounted in the medium mounting portion, and rotating; a separator that separates a sheet of the media by nipping the sheet between the feeding roller and the separator; an abutting member that is provided above the feeding roller, is switchable between a closed posture that blocks a feeding path of the media upstream of the separator and an open posture that opens the feeding path, abuts against a leading edge of the media mounted in the medium mounting portion, and includes a friction surface at a position where the abutting member abuts against the leading edge; and a biasing member that biases the abutting member toward the closed posture.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kanamitsu, Masatomo Kitakyushu, JP 12 113

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