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US 11,831,826 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYohei Miyagi
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Abstract
A scanner includes the following. A paper support guides an original document to a supplying port. An inverting unit inverts a front and a back of the original document fed through the supplying port. A reading unit reads the original document before being inverted. A discharging unit discharges the original document after being inverted. A portion of the original document is placed on a placement plate. A pressing unit presses the original document toward the placement plate at least at a downstream end portion in a discharging direction of the original document on the placement plate.
Claims15
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- an original document support portion configured to support an original document and guide the original document to a supplying port of an apparatus main body;
- an inverting unit configured to invert a front and a back of the original document supplied through the supplying port;
- a reading unit configured to read the original document before being inverted by the inverting unit;
- a discharging unit configured to discharge the original document after being inverted by the inverting unit;
- a placement portion on which a portion of the original document discharged in a discharging direction from the discharging unit is placed;
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- a presser configured to press the original document toward the placement portion at least at a downstream end portion in the discharging direction of the placement portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.