Patent ID: 8559864

Claim:
A medium conveying device comprising: an inclined roller that has a rotation axis, in which the rotation axis is inclined with respect to a conveying direction of the recording medium so that the inclined roller feeds the recording medium in a direction that is inclined from the conveying direction of the recording medium; and a counter member disposed at such a position as to be opposed to the inclined roller with the recording medium interposed in between, the counter member being a pad having a curved surface on a side of the inclined roller, the inclined roller rotating to feed the recording medium interposed between the inclined roller and the counter member, wherein the counter member does not rotate, and wherein: an outer circumferential surface of the inclined roller is formed at a predetermined angle inclined from the rotation axis of the inclined roller so that a distance between the rotation axis and the outer circumferential surface is not constant along a direction of the rotation axis such that the outer circumferential surface abuts the curved surface, via the recording medium, substantially along a line.