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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Applicant:
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/30 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01); B65H 5/38 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/26 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01); B65H 2511/21 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1315 (2013.01); B65H 5/38 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B65H 2301/14 (2013.01); B41J 13/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium feeding apparatus includes: a placement portion on which a medium is placed; a feeding unit which feeds the fed medium placed on the placement portion in a feeding direction; an edge guide which makes contact with the medium placed on the placement portion at a side edge in a width direction so as to determine a position of the medium in the width direction; and an adjustment unit which displaces at least a part of the edge guide such that a contact portion of the edge guide with the medium is placed on a line along the feeding direction so as to adjust a posture of the medium with respect to the feeding direction.