US 11,814,255 B2
Medium-transporting device and image reading apparatus
Koji Migita, Matsumoto (JP); Kazuya Yoshikaie, Kitakyushu (JP); and Hiromichi Kitsuki, Kitakyushu (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,922.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-186388 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2020; and application No. 2021-072398 (JP), filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144568 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 3/0684 (2013.01) [B65H 3/0669 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 7/18 (2013.01); B65H 2511/13 (2013.01); B65H 2513/51 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium-transporting device comprising:
a medium-mounting section on which a medium is mounted;
a feeding unit that includes a feeding roller for feeding the medium mounted on the medium-mounting section in a transport direction and that is configured to be displaced between a contact posture in which the feeding roller comes into contact with the medium mounted on the medium-mounting section and a separation posture in which the feeding roller separates from the medium;
a restricting member that is provided downstream of the feeding roller in the transport direction and that is configured to switch between a restriction posture in which the restricting member restricts movement of the medium and a retreat posture in which the restricting member permits the movement of the medium;
a first motor configured to generate power for rotating the feeding roller;
a second motor configured to generate power for switching a posture of the restricting member; and
a transport roller that is provided downstream of the feeding unit in the transport direction and that transports the medium, wherein
an operation of rotating the feeding roller and an operation of switching the restricting member from the restriction posture to the retreat posture are performed in parallel, and
the second motor is configured to generate power for rotating the transport roller.