Patent ID: 7942518

Claim:
A medium feeder, operable to feed a target medium to a liquid ejecting section in which liquid is ejected toward the target medium, comprising: a feeding roller, adapted to come in contact with the target medium, thereby feeding the target medium along a feeding path in a first direction; a transporting roller, disposed between the liquid ejecting section and the feeding roller, and adapted to nip the target medium to transport the target medium in the first direction; a supporter, opposing the feeding roller and having a supporting face adapted to support the target medium; a returning lever, movable between a first position entering the feeding path and a second position retreating from the feeding path; a driver, operable to place the returning lever in the second position when a feeding operation of the feeding roller begins, and to place the returning lever in the first position in a state where the target medium is nipped by the transporting roller; and an edge guide, provided on the supporter and having a guiding face adapted to come in contact with a side edge of the target medium at least when the returning lever is placed in the second position, the side edge of the target medium being parallel to the first direction, wherein: the returning lever is adapted to push up the target medium at the first position thereof, so that the target medium is separated from the supporting face; the edge guide is formed with a concave portion which is dented in a direction parallel to the supporting face so as to oppose the side edge of the target medium when the target medium is pushed up by the returning lever; and a lower end of the concave portion is spaced apart from the supporting face in a direction orthogonal to the supporting face.