Patent ID: 11932511
Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. 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,
when the entry detection sensor detects entry of the medium at a time that falls within the first range, the transport controller corrects a transport velocity of the medium by controlling the transport drive such that media arrive at the take-in transporter at more constant arrival times, and
when the entry detection sensor detects entry of the medium at a time that falls within the second range, the transport controller does not make the correction of the transport velocity that is intended to make arrival times at which media arrive at the take-in transporter more constant.