Patent ID: 11970358
Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A medium feeding mechanism comprising:
a feeder that feeds media, the media including at least a first medium and a second medium;
a transportation path that is coupled to the feeder and includes a bent portion;
a transporter that transports each of the media on the transportation path; and
a transportation control unit that controls the transporter, wherein
the transportation control unit sets different transportation velocities for the media transported by the transporter, the different transportation velocities being set based on a transportation route shape on the transportation path for the media and medium information of the media, the transportation route shape on the transportation path being configured to transport the first medium along a different route length than that of the second medium along a same area of the transportation path.