Patent ID: 8894060

Claim:
A medium feeding apparatus comprising: a separating roller that feeds a medium in a conveying direction; a braking unit that is disposed so as to come into press contact with the separating roller and applies a predetermined conveying load to the medium entering a gap between the separating roller and the braking unit; a conveying roller that is disposed on a downstream side of the separating roller in the conveying direction; a driven roller that is disposed so as to come into press contact with the conveying roller; and an opening unit that performs an opening operation in a direction in which members coming into press contact with each other on a conveying path for the medium are separated from each other when a conveyance error of the medium occurs, wherein the opening unit is configured to switch whether to perform a first opening operation to a degree of opening in which the conveying roller and the driven roller are separated from each other or to perform a second opening operation to a degree of opening in which the separating roller and the braking unit are separated from each other, according to an entering distance of the medium on the conveying path.