US 12,208,982 B2Granted

Feeding device and recording device

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsKatsuyuki Kondo, Junko Ao

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Abstract

A feeding unit includes a retard roller, a first holder, a second holder, an accommodating portion, a pressing portion, a second pressing portion, a release lever, and a second restricting portion. The accommodating portion accommodates the second holder. The second pressing portion presses the second holder in a +Z direction. The release lever restricts the movement of the second holder in the +Z direction. The second holder is provided with a plurality of restricted portions in a Y direction and a +A direction, respectively. The second restricting portion restricts the movement of the second holder in a −Z direction. The second restricting portion has a restricting surface. The restricting surface is provided in the accommodating portion and is configured to come into contact with the plurality of restricted portions.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A feeding device comprising:

a retard roller that is rotated by coming into contact with a feeding roller that feeds a medium;
a first holder that rotatably holds the retard roller;
a second holder that holds the first holder to be swingable;
an accommodating portion that accommodates the second holder;
a pressing portion that presses the second holder in a retreat direction in which the second holder is separated from the accommodating portion;
a first restricting portion that restricts movement of the second holder in the retreat direction;
and
a second restricting portion that restricts the movement of the second holder in a direction opposite to the retreat direction, wherein
the second holder is provided with a plurality of restricted portions in each of a width direction of the medium, which intersects both a feeding direction of the medium and the retreat direction, and the feeding direction, and
the second restricting portion has a restricting surface that is configured to come into contact with the plurality of restricted portions provided in the accommodating portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/154,829Filed 15 Jan 2023
Priority: JP 2022-00544418 Jan 2022
Published: US 2023/0227280 A120 Jul 2023
Granted: 28 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B65H 3/06
Using friction forces between articles and separator: rollers or like rotary separators
B65H 3/5261
The retainers positioned under articles separated from the top of the pile: retainers of the roller type, e.g. rollers
B65H 3/34
Separating articles from piles: article-retaining devices controlling the release of the articles to the separators
B65H 3/5215
Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article: the retainers positioned under articles separated from the…