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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2006
Moriaki Fukao, Tokyo, JP;
Moriaki Fukao, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller for picking up a sheet member, a separating member pressed against the feeding roller by a predetermined pressing force, for separating the sheet members sheet by sheet, a conveyance roller for conveying the separated sheet member, a sheet member detector for detecting the sheet member, disposed at an upstream side with respect to the conveyance roller in a direction of conveying the sheet member, and a pressing force varying processor for varying a pressing force during a period after the sheet member detector detects the sheet member before the conveyance roller starts conveyance of the sheet member.