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Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroki Nakashima, Fukuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/08 (2006.01); B65H 1/02 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/025 (2013.01); B65H 5/068 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42262 (2013.01); B65H 2511/214 (2013.01); B65H 2801/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit and a medium feeding apparatus. The medium feeding apparatus includes: a medium placement portion on which a medium before being fed is placed; a feed roller that feeds the medium placed on the medium placement portion; and at least one pressing portion that presses the medium placed on the medium placement portion onto the medium placement portion at a position upstream of the feed roller in a medium feeding direction. Since the pressing portion presses the medium placed on the medium placement portion, friction occurs between sheets of the medium, thereby preventing or reducing a skew.


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Nakashima, Hiroki. (2024). Medium feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 11878883). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11878883

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