MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE

Abstract: a medium feeding device includes a placement section on which a medium group is supported; a raising and lowering section configured to raise and lower the placement section; a pickup unit that includes a pickup roller that comes into contact with an upper section of the medium group and a support section that applies a downward force to the pickup roller, and that feeds a medium in order from a top in a feed direction while applying a downward pressing force to the medium group from the pickup roller; a control section; and a detection section configured to detect the pressing force, wherein the control section causes the raising and lowering section to raise and lower the placement section such that a detected pressing force falls within a target range.

Inventor(s): Masaya YAMASAKI

CPC Classification: B65H7/02 (HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES)

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