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

Claim 6:
7. The medium feeding mechanism of claim 6, further comprising:
a plurality of feeders that feed media, wherein
the transportation path includes a plurality of individual transportation paths each coupled to each of the plurality of feeders and a joining transportation path joining the plurality of individual transportation paths together, and the transporter includes a plurality of individual transporters for transporting media on the plurality of individual transportation paths and a joining transporter for transporting the media on the joining transportation path, and
the transportation control unit controls the plurality of individual transporters and the joining transporter by determining a transportation velocity for a following medium on the basis of a deviation between an arrival time of a medium and a reference arrival time determined in advance, medium information of the following medium, and the transportation route shape for the following medium, the arrival time being a sensing result provided by an arrival detection sensor disposed at the joining transportation path.