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US 10,708,456 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKatsumi Yamada
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Abstract
The image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a cover portion which is openable and closable and in which a first surface forms an upper surface of the apparatus in a closed state and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface supports a document in an opened state, and a document support tray which is displaceable between a storage position where the document support tray is stored in a state along the second surface in a state where the cover portion is closed and a withdrawn position where the document support tray is withdrawn from the storage position to the upstream side in the feeding direction of the document in a state where the cover portion is opened, and which supports at least a portion of a document supported by the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened.
Claims16
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit for reading a document;
- a cover portion which is openable and closable and in which a first surface forms an upper surface of the apparatus in a closed state and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface supports the document in an opened state;
- a document support tray which is displaceable between a storage position where the document support tray is stored in a state along the second surface in a state where the cover portion is closed and a withdrawn position where the document support tray is withdrawn from the storage position to an upstream side in a feeding direction of the document with respect to the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened, and which supports at least a portion of a document supported by the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened;
- a document support portion which is positioned on a downstream side in the feeding direction of the document with respect to the cover portion in an opened state and which supports the document before feeding along with the cover portion, and which is positioned upstream of the reading unit in the feeding direction;
- a discharge tray which is openable and closable, which forms a portion of the upper surface of the apparatus with the cover portion in a closed state and which receives the document read by the reading unit and discharged, in an opened state,
- wherein the document support tray supports the discharge tray by having a portion of the document support tray contact the discharge tray in a state where the cover portion and the discharge tray are closed,
- wherein the document support tray is supported by the document support portion in a state where the cover portion is closed.
4 more elements
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit for reading a document;
- a cover portion which is openable and closable, in which a first surface forms an upper surface of the apparatus in a closed state and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface faces upward in an apparatus height direction, in an opened state;
- a document support tray which is able to switch between a storage state where the document support tray is positioned on a lower side of the cover portion by closing the cover portion and a document supporting state where the document support tray is able to support a document fed to the reading unit, by opening the cover portion;
- a document support portion which is positioned on a downstream side in the feeding direction of the document with respect to the cover portion in an opened state and which supports the document before feeding along with the cover portion, and which is positioned upstream of the reading unit in the feeding direction;
- a discharge tray which is openable and closable, which forms a portion of the upper surface of the apparatus with the cover portion in a closed state and which receives the document read by the reading unit and discharged, in an opened state,
- wherein the document support tray supports the discharge tray by having a portion of the document support tray contact the discharge tray in a state where the cover portion and the discharge tray are closed,
- wherein the document support tray is supported by the document support portion in a state where the cover portion is closed, and
- wherein the cover portion in the opened state is displaceable between a first position and a second position where the cover portion is withdrawn from the first position to an upstream side in a feeding direction of the document with respect to the document support tray.
5 more elements
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit for reading a document;
- a cover portion which is openable and closable and in which a first surface forms an upper surface of the apparatus in a closed state and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface supports the document in an opened state;
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- a document support tray which is displaceable between a storage position where the document support tray is stored in a state along the second surface in a state where the cover portion is closed and a withdrawn position where the document support tray is withdrawn from the storage position to an upstream side in a feeding direction of the document with respect to the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened, and which supports at least a portion of a document supported by the cover portion in a state where the cover portion is opened;
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- a discharge tray which is openable and closable, which forms a portion of the upper surface of the apparatus with the cover portion in a closed state and which receives the document read by the reading unit and discharged, in an opened state,
- wherein the document support tray supports the discharge tray by having a portion of the document support tray contact the discharge tray in a state where the cover portion and the discharge tray are closed.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.