Medium conveyance device

A medium conveying apparatus comprising:

• a loading tray;
• a feed roller to feed a medium placed on the loading tray;
• a separation roller located above the feed roller to face the feed roller;
• a bottom surface guide located at a first position where contact between a bottom surface of the medium placed on the loading tray and the feed roller is restricted, before medium feeding, and located at a second position where contact between the bottom surface of the medium placed on the loading tray and the feed roller is allowed, at a time of medium feeding;
• a first guide engaged with the bottom surface guide located at the first position to restrict contact between a front edge of the medium placed on the loading tray and the separation roller, before medium feeding;
• and
• a second guide including a contact surface coming into contact with the front edge of the medium at a position apart upwardly by a predetermined distance from a nip part of the feed roller and the separation roller, at a time of medium feeding, wherein
• the contact surface is located inside an outer peripheral surface of the separation roller such that the contact surface does not protrude outside the outer peripheral surface when viewed from a sheet medium width direction which is perpendicular to a medium conveying direction before the medium feeding.