Patent ID: 11932511
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 a medium;
a transport path that is coupled to the feeder;
a transporter that transports the medium through the transport path;
a transport drive that drives the transporter;
an entry detection sensor that detects when the medium fed from the feeder has entered the transport path;
a take-in transporter that takes in the medium transported by the transporter; and
a transport controller that controls the feeder and a destination controller that controls the take-in transporter, wherein
when the entry detection sensor detects entry of the medium at a time that falls within a first range set in advance, the destination controller controls the take-in transporter so as to take in the medium,
when the entry detection sensor detects entry of the medium at a time that falls within a second range following the first range, the transport controller controls the feeder so as to delay feeding of a medium to be transported next, and the transport controller is configured to communicate with the destination controller to instruct the destination controller to control the take-in transporter so as to delay a take-in time for the medium, and
when the entry detection sensor detects entry of the medium at a time that falls within the second range, the transport controller is configured to communicate with the destination controller to instruct the destination controller to control the take-in transporter such that the medium for which the take-in time has been delayed is taken in at a take-in time at which the medium to be transported next was scheduled to be taken in.