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

Claim 0:
1. 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, wherein the medium placement portion is able to rotate with respect to the lower unit and is able to, by rotating, switch between a first position, at which the medium placement portion supports the medium, and a second position, at which the medium placement portion covers a medium feed port formed between the lower unit and the upper unit; and
a pivoting portion that is able to pivot with respect to the upper unit,
wherein, by switching of the medium placement portion from the first position to the second position, the medium placement portion pushes a slide portion towards a base portion included in the pivoting portion, resulting in making a length of the pivoting portion shorter.