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

Claim 14:
15. A medium feeding mechanism comprising:
a feeder that feeds a medium;
a transportation path that is coupled to the feeder and includes a bent portion;
a transporter that transports the medium on the transportation path;
a transportation control unit that controls the transporter; and
an arrival detection sensor that is disposed at the transportation path and senses arrival of a medium, 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 control unit controls the 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 a transportation route shape for the following medium, the arrival time being a sensing result provided by the arrival detection sensor, and
the transportation control unit determines a transportation velocity for the following medium such that the deviation between the arrival time and the reference arrival time is partly eliminated.