Patent ID: 7869104

Claim:
A medium feeding apparatus, comprising: a main body, and a medium placing unit at least a part of which is houseable in said main body, wherein said medium placing unit includes: a first placing unit having a first placing surface, and being held by said main body in such a manner that said first placing unit is shiftable between a housed position where at least a part of said first placing unit is housed in said main body, and a medium placing position where a medium is placeable on said first placing unit surface; a second placing unit having a second placing surface, and having a first shifting condition where said medium is simultaneously placeable on said first and second placing surfaces and a second shifting condition where said second placing surface is overlapped with said first placing surface, and an auxiliary member having an auxiliary placing surface, and being disposed on a boundary between said first placing surface and said second placing surface so that said medium is simultaneously placeable on said first placing surface, said second placing surface and said auxiliary placing surface when said second placing unit is in said first shifting condition.