Medium feed apparatus and recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShinji Kanemaru
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Abstract
A medium feed apparatus includes a first support face and a second support face. The first support face supports a medium fed by a feed unit that feeds medium by supporting such that the medium adopts an inclined orientation. The second support section is positioned upstream of the first support face in a feed direction, and supports the medium together with the first support face. The second support face is at a position set back from the first support face, and an angle of inclination from a lower end portion to an upper end portion of the second support face is steeper than an angle of inclination of the first support face.
Claims7
A medium feed apparatus comprising:
- a feed unit that feeds a medium;
- a first support section that forms a first support face supporting a medium fed by the feed unit such that the medium adopts an inclined orientation;
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- a second support section that is positioned upstream of the first support face in a feed direction, and that forms a second support face supporting the medium together with the first support face;
- the second support face being at a position set back from the first support face, and an angle of inclination of the second support face from a lower end portion to an upper end portion of the second support face being larger than an angle of inclination of the first support face,
- wherein a connecting face is formed connecting the first support face and the second support face together,
- wherein an edge guide that guides an edge of a medium forms a shape straddling between the first support face and the connecting face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.