Patent ID: 11878883
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A medium feeding apparatus, comprising:
a medium placement portion on which a medium before being fed is placed;
a feed roller that feeds the medium placed on the medium placement portion;
at least one pressing portion that presses the medium placed on the medium placement portion onto the medium placement portion at a position upstream of the feed roller in a medium feeding direction;
a lower unit that includes the medium placement portion;
an upper unit that is provided over the lower unit; and
a pivoting portion that is able to pivot with respect to the upper unit, wherein
the pivoting portion includes a base portion that is pivotable and at least one slide portion that is located in a direction toward a free end with respect to the base portion and is able to slide with respect to the base portion,
a length of the pivoting portion changes to adjust the pressing position due to sliding of the at least one slide portion with respect to the base portion, and
the pivoting portion is urged by a tension coil spring in a pivoting direction of pushing the at least one pressing portion on the medium that is placed on the medium placement portion.