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US 12,034,894 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKiyoshi Watanabe, Kazuhisa Okuda, Michiaki Endo
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a first image reading unit, a second image reading unit provided on a side opposite from the first image reading unit with respect to a sheet feeding passage, a first guiding member, a second guiding member, a first unit holding the first image reading unit and the second guiding member, and a second unit holding the second image reading unit and the first guiding member. One of the first unit and the second unit is movable relative to the other unit so as to open the sheet feeding passage.
Claims7
An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet;
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- an image reading apparatus configured to receive the sheet fed from said image forming apparatus and configured to read the image on the sheet, said image reading apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance path through which the sheet is conveyed in a conveyance direction;
- a first reading unit configured to read an image on a first surface of the sheet at a first reading position;
- a second reading unit configured to read an image on a second surface of the sheet, at a second reading position different from the first reading position with respect to the conveyance direction, said second reading unit being provided on a side opposite from said first reading unit with respect to the conveyance path;
- a first guiding member disposed opposite to said second reading unit at the second reading position and configured to guide the sheet;
- a second guiding member disposed opposite to said first reading unit at the first reading position and configured to guide the sheet;
- a first unit including said first reading unit and said first guiding member;
- a second unit including said second reading unit and said second guiding member;
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- an apparatus body including an upper frame constituting an upper surface of said image reading apparatus and configured to accommodate said first unit and said second unit,
- wherein said first unit is rotatable to said second unit inside of said apparatus body so as to approach to and separate from said upper frame.
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