Medium conveying device

Abstract

A medium conveying device includes a body in which a conveying path is formed, a separator configured to supply a first medium that is arranged on one side among a plurality of media to the conveying path, a conveyor configured to convey the first medium that is being conveyed and that is arranged on the conveying path along the conveying path, and a rib that protrudes from the one side to a conveying path part between the separator and the conveyor in the conveying path.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medium conveying device comprising:
 a body in which a conveying path is formed;   a separator configured to supply a first medium that is arranged on one side among a plurality of media to the conveying path;   a conveyor configured to convey the first medium that is being conveyed and that is arranged on the conveying path along the conveying path; and   a rib that protrudes from the one side to a conveying path part between the separator and the conveyor in the conveying path.   
     
     
         2 . The medium conveying device according to  claim 1 , wherein the conveyor includes:
 a first roller that makes contact with the first medium and that is configured to rotate on a roller rotation axis; and   a second roller that makes contact with the first medium and that is configured to rotate on the roller rotation axis, wherein   a gap is formed between the first roller and the second roller.   
     
     
         3 . The medium conveying device according to  claim 1 , wherein the separator includes:
 a pick roller that makes contact with a surface of the first medium on the one side and that is configured to rotate on a pick roller rotation axis such that the first medium is supplied to the conveying path; and   a brake pad that is fixed to the body and that makes contact with a surface of the first medium on a side opposite to the one side such that another medium different from the first medium among the media is not supplied to the conveying path, wherein   a width of the rib in a width direction parallel to the pick roller rotation axis is smaller than a width of the brake pad in the width direction.   
     
     
         4 . The medium conveying device according to  claim 3 , wherein the rib includes a first rib and a second rib that are arrayed in the width direction and a gap is formed between the first rib and the second rib. 
     
     
         5 . The medium conveying device according to  claim 1 , wherein the conveying path further includes:
 a first conveying path part that is arranged on a side opposite to the one side with respect to the conveying path part; and   a second conveying path part that is along a plane that the first conveying path part is along,   wherein the conveyor   conveys the first medium that is conveyed along the conveying path part to the second conveying path part from the conveying path part,   conveys a second medium that is conveyed along the second conveying path part to the first conveying path part from the second conveying path part, and   conveys the second medium that is conveyed from the second conveying path part to the first conveying path part from the first conveying path part to the second conveying path part, wherein   the body is formed such that a part that is arranged between the rib and the conveyor in the conveying path part is not separate from the first conveying part.