Patent ID: 8585041
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A recording medium supplying device, comprising: a recording medium mounting portion on which sheet-like recording media are capable of being mounted in a stacked state; an air discharging unit that blows air to the recording media in the stacked state so as to make recording medium at an uppermost position float; a conveying unit that adsorbs and conveys the floating recording medium at the uppermost position; an upper surface position detecting unit that makes contact with an uppermost surface of the recording media in the stacked state and detects a height position of the uppermost surface, the upper surface position detecting unit includes: a pressing force varying mechanism that makes a pressing force of the upper surface position detecting unit on the uppermost surface of the recording media variable, wherein the biasing unit includes an elastic member, and one end of the elastic member is supported on the supporting member through the pressing force varying mechanism and the other end of the elastic member is coupled to the actuator, the elastic member is formed by a spring, and the pressing force varying mechanism includes: