Patent ID: 7587166
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A feeder that feeds a recording medium to a printer engine, comprising: a feed path through which the recording medium is fed to the printer engine; a re-feed path through which the recording medium once fed to the printer engine is fed again to the printer engine; a first roller that is arranged near an end of the feed path and an end of the re-feed path; a second roller that is arranged near the end of the feed path; and a third roller that is arranged near the end of the re-feed path, wherein the first roller and the second roller form a first roller pair for feeding the recording medium from the feed path to the printer engine, the first roller and the third roller form a second roller pair for re-feeding the recording medium from the re-feed path to the printer engine, and the first roller rotates in a different direction between the first roller pair and the second roller pair.