Patent ID: 8104762

Claim:
A feeding device comprising: a feeding roller that picks up stacked recording medium and feeds the recording medium in a downstream direction; and a pair of transport rollers that transport the fed recording medium to a recording section, wherein the feeding roller is provided so as to contact a separating unit that separates an uppermost recording medium from the stacked recording medium, and wherein, a first tangent line from the contact point formed between the feeding roller and the separating unit and a second tangent line formed between a nip point formed between the pair of transport rollers do not intersect each other in an area between the contact point and the nip point as viewed in plan view from a recording medium downstream direction, wherein, a feeding path is disposed downstream of the feeding roller to guide the recording medium, the feeding roller is disposed at one side deviated from the center of the feeding path in a direction perpendicular to the downstream direction, the feeding path has a first guide and a receding guide guiding the recording medium at a position receded downward with respect to the first guide, the first guide and the receding guide arranged in the direction perpendicular to the downstream direction, the first guide is disposed at the one side where the feeding roller is deviated in the direction perpendicular to the downstream direction, and the receding guide is disposed at the other side in the direction perpendicular to the downstream direction.