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US 2018/0002124 A1Published application
Feeder, image reading apparatus and recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKeisuke MIYAUCHI, Hiromichi KITSUKI, Kosuke NOMOTO
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Abstract
A feeder includes a pressing section that presses a medium after a feeding force is applied on the medium in a direction in which a leading edge of the medium set in a setting section in a feeding direction abuts on an abutment section during feeding of the media by a feed roller.
Claims11
A feeder comprising:
- a setting section in which a plurality of media is set in a stacked state;
- a feed roller that feeds the medium set in the setting section in a feeding direction;
- an abutment section on which a leading edge of the medium set in the setting section in a feeding direction abuts;
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- a pressing section that is configured to press the medium set in the setting section against the feed roller to apply a force in a stacking direction of the medium, wherein
- the pressing section is configured to press the medium after a feeding force is applied on the medium in a direction that allows the leading edge to abut on the abutment section during feeding of the media by the feed roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.