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US 10,488,748 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorsMasaya Takamori, Yuki Kasahara
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a platen, a copyholder pressed against a reading surface of a document placed on the platen, and a placing part movably provided, on which a non-pressed portion of the document that is not pressed by the copyholder is placed.
Claims11
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a platen;
- a copyholder pressed against a reading surface of a document placed on the platen;
- a placing part movably provided, on which a non-pressed portion of the document that is not pressed by the copyholder is placed;
- a base that supports the copyholder rotatably around a rotary axis;
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- an interlocking mechanism configured to convert rotary motion of the copyholder to up and down motion of the platen with respect to the base, the platen moving up and down in a direction not parallel to an axial direction of the rotary axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.