US 12,441,565 B2
Feeding device, printing apparatus and method of controlling feeding device
Ahmad Adam Zari Ardi Ramadhan, Jakarta Selatan (ID); and Indo Permana Putra, Subang (ID)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/188,248.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-047980 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2022; and application No. 2022-047981 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303348 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 5/002 (2013.01) [B65H 2551/15 (2013.01); B65H 2551/20 (2013.01); B65H 2557/652 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feeding device comprising:
a device body;
a mounting unit that mounts a medium;
a feeding unit that transports the medium from the mounting unit, the feeding unit being configured to be detached from a rotating shaft and including
a feed roller portion that comes into contact with the medium and transports the medium, and
an engaged portion to be engaged with an engaging portion provided to the rotating shaft that rotates the feed roller portion; and
a control unit that controls rotation of the feeding unit, wherein
the feeding unit is configured to be turned to a feeding position to transport the medium mounted on the mounting unit and to a replacement position to enable detachment from the rotating shaft,
the control unit switches a position of the feeding unit to the replacement position when replacing the feeding unit, and
the feeding unit is configured to be turned to the feeding position and to the replacement position around the rotating shaft.