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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Hiroshi Shiohara, Shiojiri, JP;
Hiroshi Shiohara, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medium feeding device includes a first feeding unit feeds the medium to be fed to a downstream side of a feeding direction. A second feeding unit then feeds the medium to a upstream side and a downstream side on the basis of a feeding direction of the first feeding unit. A friction member is positioned opposite to the first feeding unit. A displacement member converts between a first state in which the displacement member protrudes upwardly in a stacked direction with respect to the friction member and a second state in which the displacement member retracts downwardly. The displacement member is set as the second state when one remaining sheet of the medium is fed to the downstream side by the first feeding unit, and the displacement member is set as the first state when a trailing end of the one remaining sheet passes through the friction member.