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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Toshio Miyake, Nagano, JP;
Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Nagano, JP;
Yuji Miyamoto, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A feeding device includes: a hopper, adapted to support a medium; a feeder, operable to feed the medium in a first direction; a separator, operable to nip the medium with the feeder at a nip point; and a guide, having a guide surface which guides the medium in the first direction and is provided with a recessed portion at a downstream side of the nip point in the first direction.