Patent ID: 8109502

Claim:
A media feeding device comprising: a media insertion unit to which a sheet medium is inserted; a media feed path to which the sheet medium is fed from the media insertion unit, wherein the media feed path has a pair of opposing walls disposed in opposition for guiding the sheet medium; a delivery roller that feeds the sheet medium from the media insertion unit toward the media feed path; a pressure member that can move between a pressure position pressing the sheet medium to the outside surface of the delivery roller, and a retracted position retracted from the outside surface; an open/close member that can move between a closed position intruding into the media feed path, and an open position retracted from the media feed path, wherein the open/close member is an opening and closing lever that is supported so that one end thereof can pivot in a direction crossing the media feed path; and an urging member that urges the open/close member to the closed position side or the open position side, wherein the urging member is a spring member that urges the opening and closing lever in a first pivot direction causing said one end to enter the media feed path from an opening formed in one of the pair of opposing walls; wherein the pressure member pushes the other end of the opening and closing lever and causes the opening and closing lever to rotate opposite the first pivot direction when the pressure member moves to the pressure position in resistance to the urging force of the urging member.