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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinji Kanemaru, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/02 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/02 (2013.01); B65H 3/0661 (2013.01); B65H 3/66 (2013.01); B65H 2405/2111 (2013.01); B65H 2405/321 (2013.01); B65H 2405/324 (2013.01); B65H 2515/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium feed apparatus includes a first support face and a second support face. The first support face supports a medium fed by a feed unit that feeds medium by supporting such that the medium adopts an inclined orientation. The second support section is positioned upstream of the first support face in a feed direction, and supports the medium together with the first support face. The second support face is at a position set back from the first support face, and an angle of inclination from a lower end portion to an upper end portion of the second support face is steeper than an angle of inclination of the first support face.