Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Feeding device
- Patent Title (中): 送料装置
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Application No.: US11486191Application Date: 2006-07-12
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Publication No.: US07731178B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Toshio Miyake , Atsuhiko Takeuchi , Yuji Miyamoto
- Applicant: Toshio Miyake , Atsuhiko Takeuchi , Yuji Miyamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Agent John J. Penny, Jr.
- Priority: JPP2005-202441 20050712
- Main IPC: B65H3/52
- IPC: B65H3/52

Abstract:
A feeding device includes: a hopper, adapted to support a medium; a feeder, operable to feed the medium in a first direction; a separator, operable to nip the medium with the feeder at a nip point; and a guide, having a guide surface which guides the medium in the first direction and is provided with a recessed portion at a downstream side of the nip point in the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070019055A1 Feeding device Public/Granted day:2007-01-25
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