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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Noguchi, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/34 (2006.01); B65H 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/10 (2013.01); B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/34 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42324 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium feeding apparatus includes: a feed tray on which media M are placed; a draw-out unit that draws out an uppermost medium among the media placed on the feed tray; a hanging member that hangs the feed tray; and a load member that applies, when an amount of the media placed on the feed tray is equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount, a downward load to a portion of the feed tray located on an upstream side in a draw-out direction of the media.