Medium loading device and post-processing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsChiaki Shimada, Masaki Miyazawa, Kei Sadakuni, Hirohisa Kodaira
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Abstract
A loading unit includes a processing tray, alignment units, and a paddle. In the processing tray, a medium is placed. The alignment units are disposed an interval in a Y direction to align a downstream tip end in a positive A direction of the medium. The paddle moves the medium that has been fed onto the processing tray toward the alignment units. A coefficient of friction of a contact surface of the alignment unit is higher than a coefficient of friction of a front face of the alignment unit, and the contact surface is positioned downstream of the front face in the positive A direction.
Claims20
A medium loading device comprising:
- a placement unit at which a medium processed by a processing unit is placed;
- a plurality of alignment units disposed at an interval in a width direction intersecting a feeding direction of the medium to the placement unit, and configured to align a downstream tip end in the feeding direction of the medium fed to the placement unit;
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- a moving member configured to move, toward the plurality of alignment units, the medium fed to the placement unit, wherein
- a coefficient of friction of a first alignment surface of one of the plurality of alignment units is higher than a coefficient of friction of a second alignment surface of another one of the plurality of alignment units, the first alignment surface and the second alignment surface being configured to align the medium, and
- the first alignment surface is positioned downstream of the second alignment surface in the feeding direction.
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