Image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNoriyuki Koyanagi, Keiichiro Fukumasu
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Abstract
Provided is an image reading apparatus including an apparatus main body including a reading portion that reads an image of a document being transported, and a main body supporting portion rotatably supporting the apparatus main body such that the apparatus main body is configured to take a plurality of postures, in which the apparatus main body includes at least one coupling portion to which a coupling target is coupled, and the coupling portion is provided on a side of the apparatus main body. The side intersects a rotation shaft line direction of the apparatus main body.
Claims12
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body including a reading portion that reads an image of a document being transported;
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- a main body supporting portion rotatably supporting the apparatus main body such that the apparatus main body is configured to take a plurality of postures, wherein
- the apparatus main body includes at least one coupling portion to which a coupling target is coupled,
- the coupling portion is provided on a side of the apparatus main body, the side intersecting a first direction along a rotation shaft of the apparatus main body, and
- the plurality of postures of the apparatus main body includes
- a first posture in which an angle formed by a read transporting path, which faces the reading portion, with a placement surface of the main body supporting portion is a first angle, and
- a second posture in which the angle is smaller than the first angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.