Recording medium feeding apparatus, recording apparatus, liquid ejecting apparatus

A recording medium feeding apparatus comprising:

• a feed roller provided on a feed roller shaft that is rotatably driven to feed recording medium to a downstream side in said recording medium feeding apparatus in contact with the recording medium;
• a hopper provided pivotable between a first state in which the recording medium is abutted against said feed roller and a second state in which the recording medium is spaced from said feed roller supporting the recording medium in inclined attitude;
• and
• an edge supporting part for supporting an edge of the recording medium that is supported by said hopper in the inclined attitude;
• wherein
• a first guide part for guiding the edge of the recording medium to said edge supporting part when the recording medium is set, and a second guide part for guiding the edge of the recording medium to a downstream side of said edge supporting part when the recording medium is fed, intersect together to form a corner, and wherein
• said corner at a guide member that is provided operable to be displaced in the feeding path of the recording medium is formed to be covered with a circumference of a driven roller that is rotatably driven in contact with the recording medium at a contact position of the recording medium.

A recording medium feeding apparatus comprising:

• a feed roller provided on a feed roller shaft that is rotatably driven to feed recording medium to a downstream side of said recording medium feeding apparatus in contact with the recording medium;
• a hopper provided pivotable between a first state in which the recording medium is abutted against said feed roller and a second state in which the recording medium is spaced from said feed roller supporting the recording medium in inclined attitude;
• an edge supporting part for supporting an edge of the recording medium that is supported by said hopper in the inclined attitude;
• a separation means for nipping the recording medium between said feed roller and said separation means in order to separate top recording medium to be fed from following recording medium next to the top recording medium;
• and
• a guide member that is provided operable to be displaced in the feeding path of the recording medium;
• wherein
• said guide member includes:
• a first guide part for guiding the edge of the recording medium to said edge supporting part when the recording medium is set;
• a second guide part for guiding the edge of the recording medium to said separating means a downstream side of said edge supporting part when the recording medium is fed;
• and
• a driven roller which is provided at an upstream side of said second guide part and is rotatably driven in contact with the recording medium.

A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

• a feed roller formed to be substantially D-shaped in side view including a circular arc part and a flat part, and provided at a feed roller shaft that is rotatably driven, thereby rotating in contact with the recording medium to feed ejected medium to a downstream side in said liquid ejecting apparatus;
• a hopper provided pivotable between a first state in which the recording is abutted against said feed roller and a second state in which the recording medium is spaced apart from said feed roller, supporting the recording medium in inclined attitude;
• a transport means provided in a downstream side of said feed roller to transport the ejected medium to the downstream side;
• a liquid ejecting means provided in a downstream side of said transport means to eject liquid to the ejected medium;
• and
• a narrowing means including:
• a driven roller that is rotatably driven in contact with the recording medium at a contact position of the recording medium;
• and
• a movable member that is provided near said feed roller being movable backward and forward toward a feeding path of the recording medium, so that said narrowing means narrows a clearance between said feed roller and said hopper in the second state.

A recording medium feeding apparatus for feeding recording medium comprising:

• a frame;
• a feed roller shaft rotatably supported on said frame;
• a feed roller rotatably supported on said feed roller shaft in contact with the recording medium;
• a hopper supporting the recording medium at an upstream side of said recording medium feeding apparatus, and supported on said frame in an inclined attitude corresponding to a vertical direction of said recording medium feeding apparatus being pivotable between a first position where the recording medium is elastically abutted against said feed roller and a second position spaced apart from said feed roller;
• and
• a body provided near a downstream part of said hopper and said feed roller, wherein
• said body including a first guide part, and a driven roller that is rotatably supported on said first guide part where said driven roller contacts the recording medium when said body is in said first position, and said driven roller is urged in a direction toward said hopper operatively in association with said feed roller.