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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
Pfu Limited, Kahoku, JP;
Shota Otsuka, Kahoku, JP;
Tomoyuki Niwata, Kahoku, JP;
PFU LIMITED, Kahoku, JP;
Abstract
A medium conveying apparatus includes a feed roller to feed a medium, a separation roller opposed to the feed roller, a motor to generate driving force by being supplied with electric power, a cam member rotated in a first direction by the driving force to press the separation roller toward the feed roller, and a driving force transmitting mechanism between the motor and the cam member, the driving force transmitting mechanism being configured to transmit the driving force from the motor to the cam member and provided such that the cam member keeps pressing the separation roller toward the feed roller without rotating the cam member in a second direction opposite to the first direction even if electric power supply to the motor is shut off.