Medium feed device and image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHidenori HARADA, Ryoichi SHUTO, Keiichiro FUKUMASU, Kazuhiko TSUYAMA, Tomoyuki MOKUO, Tokujiro OKUNO
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Abstract
A medium feed device includes a feed roller provided to a device body and configured to feed paper, a separator roller provided at a position on the device body facing the feed roller and configured to separate the paper, and a medium support section configured to support the medium in an inclined state upstream of the feed roller. The medium support section is configured with a variable contact angle between the paper supported by the medium support section and the separator roller.
Claims13
A medium feed device comprising:
- a feed unit that is provided to a device body and that feeds a medium;
- a separator unit that is provided at a position on the device body facing the feed unit and that separates the medium;
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- a medium support section that supports the medium in an inclined state upstream of the feed unit wherein
- the medium support section is configured with a variable contact angle between the medium supported by the medium support section and the separator unit, and includes at least one rotatable auxiliary roller that contacts at least part of the medium and that is provided on a face supporting the medium.
A medium feed device comprising:
- a feed unit that is provided to a device body and that feeds a medium;
- a separator unit that is provided at a position on the device body facing the feed unit and that separates the medium;
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- a medium support section that supports the medium in an inclined state upstream of the feed unit, wherein
- the feed unit contacts a lowermost medium from out of a plurality of medium supported by the medium support section and rotates to feed the lowermost medium,
- the medium support section is interchangeably configured with a first medium support section that is detachably attached to the device body, or a second medium support section that can be attached to the device body through an attachment that is detachably provided to the device body, and
- the medium support section is configured with a variable contact angle between the medium supported by the medium support section and the separator unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.