Patent ID: 8226083
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A recording target medium feeding apparatus comprising: a body that includes a switching section; a feeding section that feeds a recording target medium; and a recording target media cassette in which a plurality of the recording target media can be loaded in a stacked state, the recording target media cassette having an inner wall that faces the leading edge of the recording target medium that is to be fed, a state of the inner wall being able to be switched over between a first state and a second state, wherein, in the first state, the inner wall is inclined in recording target medium feeding orientation in such a manner that an angle of the inner wall with respect to a bottom surface of the recording target media cassette is set at a predetermined angular value, in the second state, the inner wall is set at a steeper angle of inclination in comparison with the angle in the first state, when the inner wall is set in the first state, the inner wall functions to separate the uppermost one of the recording target media, which should be fed downstream, from a second recording target medium from the top and subsequent recording target media thereunder, when the inner wall is set in the second state, the inner wall is in contact with the leading edge of the recording target media loaded in the recording target media cassette and functions to properly set the leading edge of the recording target media at a uniform edge position, the inner wall is set in the second state when the recording target media cassette is not attached to the body, when recording target medium feeding operation is performed, the switching section switches over the state of the inner wall from the second state to the first state before the leading edge of the recording target medium that is to be fed is brought into contact with the inner wall at the latest, and the switching section keeps the state of the inner wall in the second state until the recording target media cassette with the inner wall being set in the second state is attached to the body and then initial recording target medium feeding operation starts; wherein the recording target media cassette includes an engagement section that is brought into engagement with the switching section when the recording target media cassette is attached to or detached from the body of the recording target medium feeding apparatus; the state of the inner wall is switched over from the second state to the first state when the recording target media cassette is attached to the body; and the state of the inner wall is switched over from the first state to the second state when the recording target media cassette is detached from the body; wherein the recording target media cassette further includes a swiveling member and a posture holding section; the swiveling member is configured to swivel in such a manner that the state of the inner wall is switched into the first state due to weight of the swiveling member of its own in a state in which the holding of the posture of the swiveling member by the posture holding section is released.