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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Junko Ao, Shiojiri, JP;
Katsuyuki Kondo, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A feeding unit includes a paper feeding tray, a lifter, a feeding roller, a guide plate, and a handling portion. The lifter can displace paper in the paper feeding tray in a +B direction. The guide plate guides a downstream end of the paper lifted by the lifter in a +A direction toward the feeding roller. The handling portion handles the paper toward the feeding roller. The guide plate forms a frontage through which the paper can pass between the guide plate and an outer peripheral surface of the feeding roller, and is provided so that a size of the frontage can be adjusted. The handling portion is provided integrally with the guide plate.