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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Shuichi Morikawa, Ishikawa, JP;
Masao Takayama, Ishikawa, JP;
Hideyuki Okumura, Ishikawa, JP;
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Abstract
A feeding device includes a tray for stacking sheet-like conveyance-target media, a first pressing unit, and a second pressing unit. The first and second pressing units face and apply a first and second pressing force, respectively, on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. The first pressing unit includes a first pressing unit separation roller, and the first contact area is defined wherein the first pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other. The second contact area is defined wherein the second pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other such that the first contact area and the second contact appear to partly overlap each other when viewed from an axial direction of the pick roller.