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

Claim 12:
13. A medium feeding mechanism comprising:
a plurality of feeders includes first and second feeders that feed media;
a transportation path that is coupled to the plurality of feeders;
a transporter that transports the medium on the transportation path; and
a transportation control unit that controls the transporter, wherein
the transportation control unit adjusts a transportation velocity of the medium transported by the transporter on the basis of medium information of the medium and a transportation route shape for the medium,
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, at least one of the plurality of individual transportation paths including a bent portion,
the transportation control unit adjusts a transportation velocity of a medium fed from each of the plurality of feeders and transported by the transporter on the basis of medium information of the medium and a transportation route shape for the medium,
the plurality of individual transportation paths include a first individual transportation path coupled to the first feeder and a second individual transportation path coupled to the second feeder,
the first individual transportation path is longer in a transportation direction of a medium than the second individual transportation path, and
the transportation control unit determines feeding start times at which the first feeder is to feed media and feeding start times at which the second feeder is to feed media, such that the media fed from the first feeder and the media fed from the second feeder arrive at a reference arrival position on the joining transportation path at reference arrival times.