Patent ID: 8424871
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A medium mounting device, comprising: a medium mounting portion for placing a medium in a stacked state in a first direction; a medium regulating portion arranged to be rotatable relative to the medium mounting portion, said medium regulating portion being arranged to regulate an edge portion of the medium when the medium regulating portion is in a rising state relative to the medium mounting portion, said medium regulating portion in the rising state being arranged to abut against the medium to rotate and retreat in a second direction different from the first direction; and an urging member for urging the medium regulating portion in a direction that the medium regulating portion is stored in the medium mounting portion, wherein said medium mounting portion includes a wall surface portion formed of an elastic material, said medium regulating portion includes a protruding portion at a position facing the wall surface portion, said protruding portion includes a first abutting surface for abutting against the wall surface portion when the medium regulating portion is in the rising state, said urging member is arranged to urge the medium regulating portion with a first urging force when the medium regulating portion is in the rising state, and said first urging force is smaller than a second urging force that is sufficiently large so that the protruding portion can elastically deform the wall surface portion to switch the medium regulating portion from the rising state to a stored state.