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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 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 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/063 (2013.01); B65H 3/0653 (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, 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, and a curve-forming portion that presses the medium against the feeding unit side to form a curve in a width direction of the medium.