Patent ID: 7900907
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A media processing device, comprising: a media transportation path for conveying sheet media in a downstream direction, the transportation path extending substantially in a vertical direction, wherein said transportation path is configured to orient said sheet media such that a front of the sheet media is substantially parallel to the vertical direction at a beginning of the media transportation path; an information reader that reads information contained on the front of sheet media; a separation mechanism that separates and feeds the sheet media; a transportation mechanism that conveys the sheet media delivered from the separation mechanism toward the information reader, the transportation mechanism including a first transportation roller and a second transportation roller disposed downstream of the first transportation roller relative to a transportation direction of the sheet media; and a common driving source adapted to rotate both the first transportation roller and the second transportation roller; wherein a speed of the first transportation roller is greater than a speed of the second transportation roller and wherein the information reader is positioned downstream of the first and second transportation rollers, and said first and second transportation rollers are positioned downstream of said separation mechanism.