JP2013193874A - Feeder and recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a record medium having large rigidity from being fed doubly with good stability, and also to further prevent both of the record medium having large rigidity and a record medium having small rigidity from being non-feed, and prevent the both from being fed doubly with good stability.SOLUTION: A separator 19 which separates the record media fed out by a feeding roller 7, and feeds a piece downstream includes: a first separation part 31 which abuts on a distal end of the feeding record medium, and saves in response to rigidity of the record medium; a rib-like second separation part 32 which is provided on the side away to a direction of crossing a feeding direction, and on the downstream side of the first separation part, abuts on the distal end of the record medium which saves the first separation part to pass, and carries out the separation action at a next stage; and a rib-like third separation part 33 which is positioned on the further outer side of the second separation part positioned on the side away to a direction of crossing on the basis of the first separation part, and on the upstream side of the second separation part, and abuts on the distal end of the record medium irrespective of the presence or absence of the save of the first separation part.

Description

  In the present invention, the recording member is placed on the placement surface, the feeding roller that feeds the recording medium by rotating in contact with the recording medium, and the feeding roller sends out the recording medium The present invention relates to a feeding device including a separation device that separates a recording medium and feeds one sheet downstream, and a recording device including the feeding device.

There are many types of recording media for recording devices such as inkjet recording devices. Specifically, there are paper with high rigidity and paper with low rigidity. Note that a paper having a high rigidity is called a paper having a strong stiffness, and a paper having a low rigidity is a paper having a weak stiffness. The recording apparatus includes a feeding device that feeds recording media one by one.
The feeding device includes a mounting member on which the recording medium is placed, a feeding roller that feeds the recording medium by rotating in contact with the recording medium, and a feeding roller that feeds the recording medium. And a separation device that separates the recorded medium and sends one sheet downstream. When the separation device performs the separation operation, the recording medium (usually a plurality of sheets that are normally sent in a double feed state) sent by the feeding roller cannot be sent downstream. A structure that does not cause both “double feed” that cannot be separated into one sheet is required.

As a prior art of a feeding device intended to feed and separate both a high-rigidity paper and a low-rigidity paper, there is an apparatus described in Patent Document 1 below. In the document 1, a retractable leaf spring is provided so as to be retractable in an opening provided in a fixed inclined surface (reference numeral 31 in FIG. 2) having a structure elongated in the width direction of the feeder main body. A separation device having a structure in which a leaf spring is retracted in accordance with the rigidity of the recorded recording medium is disclosed.
When the leading edge of a sheet with high rigidity is fed to the separation device, as shown in FIG. 4, the leaf spring retracts into the opening provided in the fixed inclined surface due to the large rigidity of the sheet. The upper surface of the leaf spring is flush with the opening edge. In this state, the leading edge of the sheet simultaneously contacts both the upper surface of the leaf spring and the entire upper surface that is long in the width direction of the fixed inclined surface. In a state where both are in contact with each other, the sheet is fed further downstream, and a separating action is performed on the paper that is double-fed in the process.
On the other hand, when the leading edge of a sheet with low rigidity is fed to the separation device, the leaf spring remains protruding from the opening and the sheet is fed downstream as shown in FIG. The separation action is performed. In this case, the leading edge of the paper passes without contacting the fixed inclined surface.

Japanese Patent No. 3468600

As described above, in the feeding device described in Patent Document 1, when the leading end of a sheet having high rigidity is double-fed to the separating device, the leading end of the sheet is formed on the upper surface of a leaf spring and the fixed inclination. Contact both top surfaces simultaneously.
However, since the fixed inclined surface is a flat inclined surface that is long in the width direction of the apparatus main body, the entire long flat surface comes into contact with the leading edge of the sheet. For this reason, there is a problem that the position of the separation action on the sheet by the fixed inclined surface is not fixed, and the separation action is not stable.
On the other hand, when the leading edge of a sheet having low rigidity is double-fed to the separation device, the separation action is performed only by the leaf spring, so that there is a possibility that separation reliability is low and double-feeding cannot be prevented.

◆◆◆ Purpose ◆◆◆
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to prevent double feeding with high stability on a recording medium having high rigidity.
It is another object of the present invention to prevent non-feeding and multi-feeding with high stability for both a recording medium with high rigidity and a recording medium with low rigidity.

A feeding device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a placement member on which a recording medium is placed on a placement surface, and a feeding roller that feeds the recording medium by rotating in contact with the recording medium. A separation device that separates the recording medium sent out by the feeding roller and sends one sheet downstream, the separation device contacting the leading end of the fed recording medium, and the rigidity of the recording medium The first separation unit retracted in response to the first separation unit and the first separation unit are provided on the downstream side of the first separation unit in a direction intersecting the feeding direction, and the first separation unit is retracted to pass through. And a rib-shaped second separation part that abuts the leading end of the recording medium and performs the next-stage separation action.
Here, it is preferable that the second separation portion is provided not only on one side of the first separation portion that is separated in the intersecting direction but on both sides.

◆◆◆ Explanation of action ◆◆◆
According to this aspect, the separation device is configured such that the leading end of the recording medium to be fed comes into contact with the first separation part that retreats according to the rigidity of the recording medium, and the feeding direction of the first separation part. And a rib-like second separating portion that is provided on the side separated in the intersecting direction and on the downstream side, and the leading end of the recording medium that passes by retracting the first separating portion abuts and performs the separating operation of the next stage. Is provided. That is, the second separation portion is formed in a rib shape, and the upper surface of the rib is in contact with the leading edge of the recording medium to be fed, so that the contact position is fixed at a fixed position in the side direction with respect to the first separation portion. Is done. Further, the separation acting force of the second separation portion is concentrated on the upper surface portion of the rib having a small area.
By making the separation action position of the second separation part constant and concentrating the separation action force, it is possible to prevent double feeding of a recording medium having high rigidity with high stability.

  In the feeding device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the separating device is further outside the second separating portion located on the side side with respect to the first separating portion and upstream from the second separating portion. And a rib-like third separation part that is in contact with the front end of the recording medium regardless of whether the first separation part is retracted or not.

When the leading end of the recording medium having low rigidity is double-fed to the separation device, the first separation unit does not retract or slightly retracts depending on the degree of rigidity. In this case, since the leading edge of the recording medium that has passed through the first separation portion is sent downstream without contacting the second separation portion, only the separation action surface of the first separation portion at a position where the separation action is not retracted. Will be done. Therefore, the reliability of separation is not high, and there is a possibility that double feeding cannot be prevented.
According to this aspect, in addition to the first separation unit and the second separation unit, the rib-shaped third separation unit with which the leading end of the recording medium abuts regardless of whether or not the first separation unit is retracted is provided. ing. Since the third separation portion is located further outside the second separation portion located on the side separated in the intersecting direction with respect to the first separation portion and upstream from the second separation portion, the recording medium It is possible to contact the third separation part before and after the timing when the tip of the contact part contacts the first separation part.
As a result, the leading edge of the recording medium with low rigidity is subjected to the separation action by the first separation part and the third separation part, so that the certainty of separation can be improved without contacting the second separation part.
Therefore, according to this aspect, non-feed prevention and multi-feed prevention can be performed with high stability for both a recording medium with high rigidity and a recording medium with low rigidity.

  The feeding device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the feeding device according to the first aspect, wherein an angle formed between a separation surface that performs the separation action of the second separation portion and a surface parallel to the placement surface of the placement member. Is α, and β is the angle formed by the separation surface that performs the separation action of the first separation portion and the surface parallel to the placement surface of the placement member.

  According to this aspect, due to the relationship of α> β, in the case of a recording medium with high rigidity, there is little damage to the tip of the recording medium in the process of retracting the first separation unit. Further, in the state where the first separation unit is retracted, the contact angle of the first separation unit to the back surface of the recording medium is reduced, that is, the angle formed between the surface of the recording medium and the separation action surface of the first separation unit is small. As a result, the separation action force for separating the uppermost recording medium from the recording medium in contact with the first separation unit effectively acts.

  The feeding device according to a third aspect of the present invention is the feeding device according to the second aspect, wherein an angle formed between a separation surface for performing the separation action of the third separation portion and a surface parallel to the placement surface of the placement member. Γ> β, where γ is an angle formed by a separation surface that performs the separation action of the first separation portion and a plane parallel to the placement surface of the placement member.

According to this aspect, in the case of a recording medium with low rigidity, depending on the relationship of γ> β and the position of the third separation part (position further outside the second separation part and upstream from the second separation part). In addition, the problem of the separation effect of only the first separation part because the first separation part does not retract can be effectively improved by the third separation part.
Note that the third separation unit also contacts a recording medium having high rigidity. However, the position of the third separator is farther from the first separator than the second separator in the side direction. Further, the leading edge of the recording medium comes into strong contact with the second separation portion located near the first separation portion with the first separation portion retracted. As a result, the leading end of the recording medium comes into contact with the third separation unit, but the separation action of the recording medium that has been multi-fed is performed mainly by the first separation unit and the second separation unit, and the third separation unit The main role is to maintain the posture of the recording medium at a position farther away from the first separation unit in the side direction than the second separation unit.

  The feeding device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the feeding device according to any one of the first aspect to the third aspect, wherein the second separation unit is The tip is in a position where it abuts on the second separation part in a state where the first separation part is retracted and passed.

According to this aspect, the recording medium having a high rigidity is advanced by retracting the first separation part by its rigidity, and the second separation part is at a timing after the leading edge of the recording medium has moved away from the first separation part to the downstream side. Abuts against the separation surface.
Accordingly, in a state where the leading ends of, for example, two sheets of recording material that have been double-fed are separated from the first separation unit, the second separation unit does not come into contact with the recording medium on the feed roller side positioned at the top. Instead, it comes into contact with only the back surface of the recording medium located below. That is, the uppermost recording medium does not receive the conveyance resistance directly from the second separation unit, and only the lower recording medium receives the conveyance resistance from the second separation unit. This increases the separation effect and increases the certainty of separation.

The feeding device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the feeding device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the first separation portion is rotated with respect to a rotation fulcrum and retracted. It is characterized by being.
According to this aspect, the first separation unit can be configured effectively with a simple structure.

A recording apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention includes a recording execution unit that performs recording by ejecting ink onto a recording medium, and first to fifth aspects that send the recording medium toward the recording execution unit. And a feeding device described in any one of the embodiments.
According to this aspect, the recording apparatus can obtain the same effects as those of the above aspects.

1 is a perspective view from the front side showing a schematic configuration of an ink jet recording apparatus including a feeding device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The principal part expansion perspective view of the feeder which concerns on the same Example 1. FIG. The schematic diagram explaining the relationship between the 1st separation part of the feeder concerning the example 1, the 2nd separation part, and the 3rd separation part. (A) (B) is a principal part expanded side sectional view of the part of the 2nd isolation | separation part explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. (A) (B) is a principal part expanded side sectional view of the part of the 2nd isolation | separation part explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. (A) and (B) are principal part expansion perspective views explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. (A) and (B) are principal part expansion perspective views explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. (A) and (B) are the principal part expansion perspective views which showed the part which demonstrates the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1 in the cross section. These are the principal part expansion perspective views which showed a part in cross section explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. (A) (B) is a principal part expanded side sectional view of the part of the 3rd isolation | separation part explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. The principal part expanded side sectional view of the part of the 3rd isolation | separation part explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. (A) and (B) are the principal part expansion side perspective views of the part of the 3rd isolation | separation part explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG. (A) and (B) are the principal part expansion side perspective views of the part of the 3rd isolation | separation part explaining the effect | action of the feeder which concerns on the Example 1. FIG.

◆◆◆ Example 1 ◆◆◆ (Figures 1 to 13)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ink jet recording apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a recording execution unit 2 that performs recording by ejecting ink onto a recording medium, and a recording medium toward the recording execution unit 2. And a feeding device 3 for feeding out.

The feeding device 3 according to the present embodiment is used for feeding the recording medium P by feeding the recording medium P by rotating the recording medium P in contact with the mounting member 6 on the mounting surface 4 and the recording medium P. The roller 7, a known pressing mechanism (not shown) that presses the recording medium placed on the mounting member 6 relative to the feeding roller 7, and the feeding roller 7. And a separating device 19 for separating the recording medium P and feeding one sheet (P1) downstream.
The separation device 19 is in contact with the leading end of the recording medium P to be fed, and retracts according to the rigidity of the recording medium P, and the feeding direction of the first separating section 31. A rib which is provided on both the downstream side and the downstream side in a direction intersecting with A, and which makes contact with the leading end of the recording medium P that retreats through the first separation portion 31 and performs the separation operation of the next stage. Shaped second separation parts 32, 32.

  The separation device 19 is also both on the outer side of the second separation parts 32, 32 located on both sides of the first separation part 31 that are separated in the intersecting direction with respect to the first separation part 31, and the second separation part 32, 32, which are located upstream of the first separation portion 31 and have rib-like third separation portions 33, 33,... With which the leading end of the recording medium P abuts regardless of whether or not the first separation portion 31 is retracted.

  The first separation part 31 has a structure that rotates with respect to the rotation fulcrum 38 (FIG. 3) and retracts. Specifically, it is fixed to the upper surface of the holder 40, and the holder 40 has a rotation fulcrum 38. The retracting structure is not limited to the rotating structure, and may be a structure that slides without changing the direction of the separation surface 36.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, in this embodiment, the narrow separation surface 34 that separates the rib-shaped second separation portions 32, 32 is the placement surface 4 of the placement member 6. And the separation surface 36 for separating the first separation portion 31 is formed by the surface 35 parallel to the mounting surface 4 of the mounting member 6 described above. When the angle is β, it is made to satisfy the relationship of α> β.
The separation surface 36 of the first separation unit 31 is set so that the friction coefficient with the recording medium P is larger than the friction coefficient of the separation surface 34 of the second separation unit 32. Usually made of cork or rubber.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 10 to FIG. 13, in the present embodiment, the same narrow separation surface 37 for separating the rib-shaped third separation portion 33 is further provided as the mounting member. 6 and the surface 35 parallel to the mounting surface 4 and the surface 35 parallel to the mounting surface 4 of the mounting member 6 described above. When the angle formed by β is β, it is made to satisfy the relationship of γ> β.

In this embodiment, the separation surfaces 37 of the third separation portions 33, 33,... Are separated from the separation surface 36 of the first separation portion 31 with respect to the feeding direction A of the recording medium P as shown in FIG. They are provided at substantially the same position. This position is not limited to the position shown in FIG. Further, the position can be changed within a range in which the role of the third separation portion can be fulfilled both upstream and downstream.
The separation surface 36 of the first separation unit 31 is set such that the friction coefficient with the recording medium is larger than the friction coefficient of the separation surface 37 of the third separation unit 33.

  The feeding device 3 according to the present embodiment has a structure in which recording media P are stacked and placed in a vertically inclined posture. In the feeding device 3, a mounting member 6 is attached to a main body 11 with an upper end portion serving as fulcrums 12 and 13 and a lower end side thereof being swingable. Side guides 21 and 22 are provided on the mounting surface 4 of the mounting member 6 so as to be slidable in the width direction. The pressing mechanism is configured such that the position of the feeding roller 7 is fixed, and the mounting member 6 side is swung to press the recording medium against the feeding roller 7.

The pressing mechanism is configured such that the position of the feeding roller 7 is fixed and the mounting member 6 side is swung to press the recording medium against the feeding roller 7. The friction member 5 is provided at the center in the width direction of the upper surface on the lower end side of the mounting member 6. The friction member 5 is formed of a single cork-shaped plate member. That is, the mounting member 6 is configured by a hopper that rotates the lower end portion with the upper end portion serving as fulcrums 12 and 13 and presses the recording medium of the feeding roller.
Next, the operation of the feeding device of the above embodiment will be described.

[For recording media with high rigidity] (FIGS. 4, 5, 8 and 9)
As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 8, and 9, according to the present embodiment, the second separation part 32 of the separation device 19 is formed in a rib shape, and the upper surface of the rib is fed. Since it contacts the tip of the medium P, the contact position is fixed at a certain position in the side direction with respect to the first separation unit 31. Further, the separating action force of the second separating portion 32 is concentrated on the upper surface portion of the rib having a small area. By making the separation action position of the second separation part 32 constant and concentrating the separation action force, it is possible to prevent double feeding of the recording medium P having high rigidity with high stability.

[For recording media with low rigidity] (FIGS. 10 to 13)
When the leading end of the recording medium P with low rigidity is fed to the separation device 19, the first separation unit 31 does not retract or slightly retracts depending on the degree of rigidity. In this case, the leading edge of the recording medium P that has passed through the first separation section 31 is sent downstream without contacting the second separation sections 32 and 32. The separation action is performed only on the separation action surface 36 of the first separation portion 31 at a position where it is not retracted. In that case, the reliability of separation is not high, and there is a possibility that double feeding cannot be prevented.

As shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the first separator 31 and the second separators 32, 32, the first separator 31 is not retracted or not. Are provided with rib-shaped third separation portions 33, 33,... With which the leading end of the recording medium P abuts. The third separators 33, 33,... Are further outside the second separators 32, 32 positioned on the side separated in the intersecting direction with respect to the first separator 31, and the second separator 32. , 32 and upstream. Therefore, the recording medium P can be brought into contact with the third separation parts 33, 33,... Before and after the timing when the leading edge of the recording medium P comes into contact with the first separation part 31.
As a result, the leading end of the recording medium P having a low rigidity is subjected to the separation action by the first separation unit 31 and the third separation units 33, 33,..., So that the separation can be performed without contacting the second separation units 32, 32. The certainty can be improved.
That is, according to the present embodiment, non-feed prevention and multi-feed prevention can be performed with stability with respect to both the recording medium P with high rigidity and the recording medium P with low rigidity.

  Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the angle formed by the separation surface 34 for separating the second separation portions 32, 32 and the surface 35 parallel to the placement surface 4 of the placement member 6 described above. Is α, and the angle between the separation surface 36 that performs the separation action of the first separation portion 31 and the surface 35 parallel to the placement surface 4 of the placement member 6 is β, the relationship of α> β is established. It is made to satisfy.

  Therefore, due to the relationship of α> β, in the case of the recording medium P having high rigidity, there is little damage to the front end of the recording medium P in the process of retracting the first separation unit 31. In addition, when the first separation unit 31 is retracted, the contact angle of the first separation unit 31 with the back surface of the recording medium P becomes small. That is, the angle formed between the surface of the recording medium P and the separation action surface 36 of the first separation unit 31 is reduced, and the separation action force that separates the uppermost recording medium P1 from the recording medium P2 that the first separation part 31 contacts. Works effectively.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the separation surface 37 for separating the third separation portions 33, 33,... Is a surface 35 parallel to the placement surface 4 of the placement member 6. When the angle formed is γ, it is made to satisfy the relationship of γ> β.

  Therefore, the relationship of γ> β and the position of the third separation portions 33, 33,..., That is, further outside the second separation portions 32, 32 and upstream of the second separation portions 32, 32. Thus, in the case of a recording medium with low rigidity, the problem that only the first separation unit 31 is separated due to the first separation unit 31 not being retracted is effectively caused by the third separation units 33 and 33. Can be improved.

  The third separators 33, 33,... Are in contact with the recording medium P having high rigidity. However, the positions of the third separation portions 33, 33,... Are farther from the first separation portion 31 than the second separation portions 32, 32 in the side direction. Further, the leading end of the recording medium P is in strong contact with the second separators 32 and 32 located near the first separator 31 with the first separator 31 retracted. As a result, the leading end of the recording medium P comes into contact with the third separating portions 33, 33,..., But the separating action of the recording medium P that has been multi-feeded is mainly the first separating portion 31 and the second separating portions 32, 32. The third separators 33, 33,... Are mainly responsible for maintaining the posture of the recording medium P at a position farther from the first separator 31 in the side direction than the second separators 32, 32. Become.

◆◆◆ Example 2 ◆◆◆
In the second embodiment, the second separators 32 and 32 are arranged in a state in which the leading end of the recording medium P passes through the first separator 31 with respect to the first separator 31. 32 and 32 are in a position where they abut. That is, the recording medium P having a high rigidity advances while the first separation portion 31 is retracted by its rigidity, and at a timing after the leading edge of the recording medium P has moved away from the separation surface 36 of the first separation portion 31 to the downstream side. The second separation portions 32 and 32 are configured to abut on the separation surface 34.

  According to the present embodiment, the second separators 32 and 32 are positioned at the uppermost position when the leading ends of, for example, two sheets of the recording materials P1 and P2 that are double-fed are separated from the first separator 31. There is no contact with the recording medium P1 on the feeding roller side, and only the back surface of the recording medium P2 positioned below the recording medium P1. That is, the uppermost recording medium P1 does not receive the conveyance resistance directly from the second separation sections 32 and 32, and only the recording medium P2 below it receives the conveyance resistance from the second separation sections 32 and 32. This increases the separation effect and increases the certainty of separation.

[Other embodiments]
The feeding device 3 and the ink jet recording apparatus 1 according to the present invention are basically configured to have the above-described configuration, but the partial configuration is changed or omitted within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course, it is also possible to perform the above.
For example, the magnitude relationships of the angles α, β, and γ of the separators 31, 32, and 33 are not limited to the above configuration. By changing the friction coefficient of each separation part 31, 32, 33, different relationships may be appropriate.

1 Inkjet recording device, 2 recording execution unit, 3 feeding device, 4 mounting surface,
5 first friction member, 6 mounting member, 7 feeding roller, 8 pressing mechanism, 11 main body,
12 fulcrums, 13 fulcrums, 19 separators, 21 side guides,
22 side guides, 31 first separator, 32 second separator, 33 third separator,
34 Separation surface of the second separation portion, 35 Surface parallel to the placement surface 4 of the placement member 6, 36 Separation surface of the first separation portion, 37 Separation surface of the third separation portion, 38 Rotation fulcrum, 40 Holder

Claims (6)

A mounting member on which the recording medium is mounted on the mounting surface;
A feeding roller for feeding the recording medium by rotating in contact with the recording medium;
A separation device that separates the recording medium fed by the feeding roller and sends one sheet downstream; and
The separation device includes:
A first separation unit that abuts the leading end of the fed recording medium and retracts according to the rigidity of the recording medium;
Provided on the downstream side of the first separating unit in the direction crossing the feeding direction, the leading end of the recording medium passing through the first separating unit is brought into contact, and the next stage A rib-shaped second separation part for performing a separation action;
Presence / absence of the retraction of the first separation unit located further outside the second separation unit located on the side separated in the intersecting direction with respect to the first separation unit and upstream from the second separation unit Regardless of this, a feeding device comprising a rib-like third separation unit with which the leading end of the recording medium abuts. The feeding device according to claim 1,
The angle formed by the separation surface that performs the separating action of the second separating portion and the surface parallel to the mounting surface of the mounting member is α, and the separating surface that performs the separating action of the first separating portion is the mounting member. A feeding device, wherein α> β, where β is an angle formed by a surface parallel to the mounting surface. In the feeding device according to claim 2,
The angle formed by the separation surface that performs the separation action of the third separation portion and the surface parallel to the placement surface of the placement member is γ, and the separation surface that performs the separation action of the first separation portion is the placement member. A feeding device, wherein γ> β, where β is an angle formed by a surface parallel to the placement surface. In the feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The second separation unit is located at a position where the leading end of the recording medium contacts the second separation unit with the first separation unit retracted and passed through the first separation unit. Feeding device. In the feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the first separation unit rotates and retracts with respect to a rotation fulcrum. A recording execution unit for performing recording by discharging ink to a recording medium;
A recording apparatus comprising: a feeding device according to claim 1 that feeds a recording medium toward the recording execution unit.

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