公开(公告)号：US20230312278A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US17903148

申请日：2022-09-06

Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Inventor： Masahito NIWA ,  Yuya CHONABAYASHI ,  Tatsuya YAMASHITA ,  Junki KAZAMA ,  Megumi MURAKAMI

IPC: B65H3/08

CPC classification number: B65H3/0816 ,  B65H3/08 ,  B65H2301/4461 ,  B65H2406/10 ,  B65H2513/51 ,  B65H2406/363

Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a container member that accommodates sheet media, a discharging member disposed further than the media accommodated in the container member in a discharging direction in which the media are discharged, a hand-over member disposed above the container member at a position closer to the discharging member, a floating device disposed on a side of the media accommodated in the container member, and an auxiliary suction member disposed above the container member on a side of the hand-over member opposite to a side closer to the discharging member in the discharging direction in which the media are discharged. The auxiliary suction member is disposed closer to the hand-over member than to an end portion of the media accommodated in the container member opposite to an end portion of the media located closer to the discharging member.