Image reading apparatus with load applying device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShintaro Miyamoto, Kohei Kozaki
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a medium support section that supports a medium before feeding, a reading section that reads the medium that feeds from the medium support section, a transport roller that is disposed upstream of the reading section and transports the medium to the reading section, and a load applying device that applies a load against rotation of the transport roller. The transport roller is disposed on a rotating shaft that extends in a medium width direction that intersects the medium transport direction, and the load applying device imparts the load by pressing a transport roller driving gear that is disposed at one end of the rotating shaft in a direction from the one end of the rotating shaft to the other end thereof.
Claims9
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a medium support section that supports a medium before feeding;
- a reading section that reads the medium that feeds from the medium support section;
- a transport roller that is disposed upstream of the reading section and transports the medium to the reading section;
- and
- a load applying device that applies a load against rotation of the transport roller,
- wherein the transport roller is disposed on a rotating shaft that extends in a medium width direction that intersects the medium transport direction, and
- wherein the load applying device applies the load by pressing a transport roller driving gear disposed at one end of the rotating shaft in a direction from the one end of the rotating shaft to the other end thereof.
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a medium support section that supports a medium before feeding;
- a reading section that reads the medium that feeds from the medium support section;
- a transport roller that is disposed upstream of the reading section and transports the medium to the reading section;
- a load applying device that applies a load against rotation of the transport roller;
- an apparatus body that includes the reading section and a placement table on which a document is placed;
- and
- a document transport apparatus that is disposed so as to be openable relative to the apparatus body and that transports the document to a reading region on the placement table, wherein
- the document transport apparatus is formed of the medium support section, and the transport roller,
- the apparatus body includes a drive source that provides power to be transmitted to the transport roller, and the drive source is used for moving the reading section relative to the placement table, and
- when the document transport apparatus is closed relative to the apparatus body, a transmission path for transmitting driving power from the drive source to the transport roller is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.