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US 10,906,766 B2Granted
Sheet discharging apparatus and image reading apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkihiro Ito
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Abstract
A sheet discharging apparatus includes a discharge portion discharging a sheet in a discharge direction; a sheet supporting portion including a support surface which supports a lower surface of the sheet discharged from the discharge portion; and a conductive portion which is electrically conductive and connected to a ground potential. The conductive portion is provided at the support surface.
Claims15
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a document;
- a reading unit configured to read the document conveyed by the conveyance unit;
- a discharge unit configured to discharge the document read by the reading unit in a discharge direction;
- a supporting portion including a support surface which supports a lower surface of the document discharged from the discharge unit;
- and
- a conductive portion which is electrically conductive and connected to a ground potential,
- wherein the conductive portion is provided at the support surface,
- wherein the conductive portion includes an abutment surface that is able to abut the document supported by the supporting portion, and
- wherein an area of the abutment surface is smaller than an area of one surface of the document, to be conveyed, having a minimum size which can be read by the image reading apparatus.
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An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a document tray on which a document is placed;
- a conveyance roller configured to convey the document on the document tray;
- a reading unit configured to read the document conveyed by the conveyance roller;
- a discharge roller configured to discharge the document read by the reading unit;
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- a discharging tray on which a discharged document is placed, the discharging tray being arranged under the document tray in a vertical direction,
- the discharging tray including:
- a support surface supporting the document;
- an upstream end wall which is provided upstream of the support surface with respect to a discharge direction of the document, and restricts a trailing edge of the discharged document;
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- a conductive portion provided at a position different from the upstream end wall with respect to the discharge direction so as to contact the document abutting the support surface,
- wherein the conductive portion includes an abutment surface that is able to abut the document supported by the supporting surface, and
- wherein an area of the abutment surface is smaller than an area of one surface of the document, to be conveyed, having a minimum size which can be read by the image reading apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.