Patent ID: 7594653

Claim:
A medium feeding apparatus comprising: a pivot unit, supporting a medium and pivoting to cause the medium to come in contact with and to separate from a feeding unit; a first guide unit, guiding one side end of the medium supported on the pivot unit; a second guide unit, guiding the other side end of the medium; a first moving unit, moving the first guide unit to come in contact with and to separate from the one side end of the medium in conjunction with the pivoting motion of the pivot unit; and a second moving unit, moving the second guide unit to come in contact with and to separate from the other side end of the fed medium in conjunction with the movement of the first guide unit; wherein the first moving unit includes a guide protruded portion and a guide groove to be engaged with the guide protruded portion; and wherein the guide groove has a straight groove formed on a side of the feeding unit and extended in a direction of the pivoting motion of the pivot unit, and an inclined groove which is inclined with respect to the straight groove and is formed on an opposite side to the feeding unit.