Patent ID: 7976016
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A medium transferring mechanism for transferring a sheet medium in a medium transferring direction, comprising: a medium inserting portion into which the sheet medium is inserted, the medium inserting portion defined by a bottom face and by a first side face and a second side face which extend from the bottom face and are opposed to each other; a medium transferring path formed at a forward end of the medium inserting portion, and operable to guide the sheet medium in the medium transferring direction; a feeding member disposed at a side of the first side face and operable to feed the sheet medium to the medium transferring path; and a pressing member disposed at a side of the second side face and operable to press the sheet medium against the feeding member, wherein: a first guide face extending toward the first side face is formed at a forward end portion of the second side face; a second guide face extending from the second side face so as to gradually get close to the medium transferring path towards the medium transferring direction is formed above the first guide face; a third guide face inclined downward from a lower edge of the second guide face toward an upper edge of the first guide face is formed between the first guide face and the second guide face; and the first guide face extends in a direction perpendicular to the medium transferring direction.