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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Pfu Limited, Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PFU LIMITED, Ishikawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/12 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/5238 (2013.01); B65H 3/063 (2013.01); B65H 3/0653 (2013.01); B65H 3/126 (2013.01); B65H 3/5223 (2013.01); B65H 3/5284 (2013.01); B65H 3/56 (2013.01); B65H 2402/46 (2013.01); B65H 2404/52 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6942 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium supply device includes a feeding unit that feeds a medium among one or more media placed on a placing table, a separating unit that is arranged to come into pressure-contact with the feeding unit, and a blocking portion that is movable and blocks a space formed between the feeding unit and the separating unit in an upstream side of a nip region in a conveying direction of the medium. When one of the media placed on the placing table is fed by the feeding unit and the one or more media are placed on the placing table, the space is formed by the medium fed by the feeding unit, the separating unit, and the one or more media placed on the placing table.