| US 7,484,724 B2 | ||
| Recording-medium returning mechanism and a recording apparatus including the same, and medium-returning mechanism and a liquid ejection apparatus including the same | ||
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Nagano-ken (Japan); Yuji Miyamoto, Nagano-ken (Japan); and Miwa Shimizu, Nagano-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/854,804. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-201624 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0017434 A1, Jan. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 3/52 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—121 [271/122; 271/124] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A recording-medium feeding apparatus comprising:
a holding portion for holding a plurality of recording media;
a feed roller for feeding on a feeding path a recording medium from said holding portion;
a rotation shaft facing said feed roller;
an urging member for urging said rotation shaft toward said feed roller;
a separator for separating one of said recording media contacting with said feed roller from the other recording media; and
a return lever linked to said rotation shaft for bringing said other recording media back to said holding portion, said return
lever being positioned off the feeding path of the recording medium at least at the time of starting the feeding of the recording
medium, wherein
said rotation shaft rotates to cause said return lever to come into contact with a surface of the recording medium while feeding
the recording medium,
said rotation shaft moves away from said feed roller by a force applied by the surface of the recording medium after said
return lever comes into contact with the surface of the recording medium, and
said rotation shaft moves toward said feed roller by a force applied by said urging member when said return lever brings the
other recording media back to said holding portion.
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