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US 2009/0014944 A1Published application
Feeding device, recording apparatus, and feeding method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSatoshi Kobayashi
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Abstract
A feeding device is provided including a stacking portion on which a plurality of recording media are stacked, a feed roller that feeds the recording medium stacked on the stacking portion, biasing means for applying biasing force to either the stacking portion or the feed roller to thereby decrease the distance between the stacking portion and the feed roller, and biasing force adjustment means for adjusting the magnitude of the biasing force of the biasing means.
Claims9
A feeding device, comprising:
- a stacking portion on which a plurality of recording media are stacked;
- a feed roller that feeds the recording medium stacked on the stacking portion;
- biasing means for applying biasing force to either the stacking portion or the feed roller to thereby decrease the distance between the stacking portion and the feed roller;
- and
- biasing force adjustment means for adjusting the magnitude of the biasing force of the biasing means.
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A feeding method, comprising:
- biasing either a stacking portion on which a plurality of recording media are stacked or a feed roller that feeds the recording medium stacked on the stacking portion against one end of a torsion coil spring to thereby decreasing the distance between the stacking portion and the feed roller;
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- displacing the other end of the torsion coil spring to thereby feed the recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.