Feeding device

A feeding device comprising:

• a retard roller that comes into contact with a feeding roller for feeding a medium and that is configured to rotate about a shaft;
• at least one holder that rotatably holds the retard roller;
• a protruding section that is provided in the holder and serves as a rocking fulcrum of the holder;
• an accommodating section that includes a holding section which holds the protruding section and that accommodates the holder;
• a pressing section that presses the holder in a retreating direction in which the holder separates from the accommodating section;
• a second pressing section;
• a first restricting section that is provided in the accommodating section and restricts movement of the holder in the retreating direction;
• and
• a second restricting section that is provided in the accommodating section and restricts movement of the holder in a direction opposite to the retreating direction, wherein
• the pressing section is arranged so as to deviate in an axial direction of the retard roller with respect to a virtual line passing through a middle point of the protruding section and a middle point of the first restricting section in the axial direction,
• the holder comes into contact with the first restricting section and the second restricting section,
• the holder includes a first holder that rotatably holds the retard roller and a second holder that holds the first holder in a pivotable position,
• in a state in which the second holder is accommodated in the accommodating section and in which the first restricting section restricts movement of the second holder, and
• the pressing section and the first restricting section overlap each other in the axial direction.

A feeding device comprising:

• a retard roller that comes into contact with a feeding roller for feeding a medium and that is configured to rotate about a shaft;
• at least one holder that rotatably holds the retard roller;
• a protruding section that is provided in the holder and serves as a rocking fulcrum of the holder;
• an accommodating section that includes a holding section which holds the protruding section and that accommodates the holder;
• a pressing section that presses the holder in a retreating direction in which the holder separates from the accommodating section;
• a second pressing section;
• a releasing section;
• a cover member;
• a first restricting section that is provided in the accommodating section and restricts movement of the holder in the retreating direction;
• and
• a second restricting section that is provided in the accommodating section and restricts movement of the holder in a direction opposite to the retreating direction, wherein
• the pressing section is arranged so as to deviate in an axial direction of the retard roller with respect to a virtual line passing through a middle point of the protruding section and a middle point of the first restricting section in the axial direction,
• the holder comes into contact with the first restricting section and the second restricting section,
• the holder includes a first holder that rotatably holds the retard roller and a second holder that holds the first holder in a pivotable position,
• the pressing section functions as a first pressing section,
• the second pressing section presses the first holder such that the feeding roller comes into contact with the retard roller,
• the first restricting section is provided so as to be movable between a restricting position at which the first restricting section restricts movement of the second holder in the accommodating section and a releasing position at which the first restricting section is separated from the restricting position,
• the releasing section moves the first restricting section to the releasing position, and the cover member covers the releasing section in a state in which the cover member is attached to a device main body.