Medium feeding apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorMoriaki Fukao
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Abstract
A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller for picking up a sheet member, a separating member pressed against the feeding roller by a predetermined pressing force, for separating the sheet members sheet by sheet, a conveyance roller for conveying the separated sheet member, a sheet member detector for detecting the sheet member, disposed at an upstream side with respect to the conveyance roller in a direction of conveying the sheet member, and a pressing force varying processor for varying a pressing force during a period after the sheet member detector detects the sheet member before the conveyance roller starts conveyance of the sheet member.
Claims2
A medium feeding apparatus comprising:
- a feeding roller for picking up a sheet member;
- a separating member pressed against said feeding roller by a predetermined pressing force, for separating said sheet members sheet by sheet;
- a conveyance roller for conveying said separated sheet member;
- a sheet member detector for detecting said sheet member, disposed at an upstream side of said conveyance roller in a direction of conveying said sheet member;
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- a pressing force varying processor for varying a pressing force during a period after said sheet member detector detects said sheet member before said conveyance roller starts conveyance of said sheet member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.