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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Harada, Kitakyushu, JP;
Ryoichi Shuto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Keiichiro Fukumasu, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kazuhiko Tsuyama, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tomoyuki Mokuo, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tokujiro Okuno, Kitakyushu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
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.