Feeding device and recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsJunko Ao, Katsuyuki Kondo
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Abstract
A feeding unit includes a paper feeding tray, a lifter, a feeding roller, a guide plate, and a handling portion. The lifter can displace paper in the paper feeding tray in a +B direction. The guide plate guides a downstream end of the paper lifted by the lifter in a +A direction toward the feeding roller. The handling portion handles the paper toward the feeding roller. The guide plate forms a frontage through which the paper can pass between the guide plate and an outer peripheral surface of the feeding roller, and is provided so that a size of the frontage can be adjusted. The handling portion is provided integrally with the guide plate.
Claims10
A feeding device comprising:
- a medium stacking portion that stacks a medium;
- an elevating portion that is configured to displace the medium of the medium stacking portion in a stacking direction;
- a rotating member that feeds the medium lifted by the elevating portion in a feeding direction;
- a guide portion that guides a downstream end in the feeding direction of the medium lifted by the elevating portion toward the rotating member;
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- a handling portion that handles the medium toward the rotating member, wherein
- the guide portion forms a frontage through which the medium is configured to pass between the guide portion and an outer peripheral surface of the rotating member, and is provided such that a size of the frontage is configured to be adjusted, and
- the handling portion is provided integrally with the guide portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.