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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/48 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 3/12 (2006.01); B65H 3/14 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/14 (2013.01); B65H 3/128 (2013.01); B65H 3/14 (2013.01); B65H 2515/60 (2013.01); B65H 2553/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium supply device includes: a loading unit on which media are loadable in an up-down direction; a supply unit that supplies air to a plural media loaded on the loading unit to float and separate the plural media; a transporting unit that sequentially feed the media that are floated and separated by the supply unit; a photographing unit that photographs a state in which the media are floated and separated by the supply unit; and a light irradiation unit that irradiates end portions of the media on a photographing side of the photographing unit with light from a plural different positions in the up-down direction.