Method and mechanism of attaching readers, and image reading device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYusuke Tokunaga
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Abstract
An image reading device includes a plurality of readers, an access opening, and a lift. The plurality of readers read an image on a recording medium. The plurality of readers are arranged around a carrier to rotate while carrying the recording medium on a peripheral surface of the carrier. The plurality of readers are arranged radially about a rotation axis of the carrier. The plurality of readers are to be introduced through the access opening. The lift includes a cable to lift one reader of the plurality of readers introduced through the access opening. The lift lifts and locates the one reader at a predetermined height position around the carrier with the cable.
Claims12
An image reading device, comprising:
- a plurality of readers configured to read an image on a recording medium, the plurality of readers being arranged around a carrier to rotate while carrying the recording medium on a peripheral surface of the carrier, the plurality of readers being arranged radially about a rotation axis of the carrier;
- an access opening through which the plurality of readers are to be introduced;
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- a lift including a cable configured to lift one reader of the plurality of readers introduced through the access opening, the lift being configured to lift and locate the one reader at a predetermined height position around the carrier with the cable.
A mechanism of attaching a reader in an image reading device in which a plurality of readers to read an image on a recording medium are arranged around a carrier to convey the recording medium while holding the recording medium on a peripheral surface of the carrier, the plurality of readers being arranged radially about a rotation axis of the carrier, the mechanism comprising:
- an access opening through which the plurality of readers are to be introduced to set the plurality of readers at predetermined positions around the carrier;
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- a lift including:
- a first cable portion having a first shaft to engage with one end of one reader of the plurality of readers introduced through the access opening;
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- a second cable portion having a second shaft to engage with another end of the one reader introduced through the access opening, said another end being farther from the carrier than the one end is,
- the lift configured to lift and locate the one reader at a predetermined position around the carrier, with the first cable portion and the second cable portion.
A method of attaching a reader in an image reading device in which a plurality of readers to read an image on a recording medium are arranged around a carrier to convey the recording medium while holding the recording medium on a peripheral surface of the carrier, the plurality of readers being arranged radially about a rotation axis of the carrier, the method comprising:
- introducing the plurality of readers through an access opening, to set the plurality of readers at predetermined positions around the carrier;
- engaging a first shaft of a first cable portion with one end of one reader of the plurality of readers introduced through the access opening;
- engaging a second shaft of a second cable portion with another end of the one reader introduced through the access opening, said another end being farther from the carrier than the one end is;
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- winding the first cable portion and the second cable portion with a winder, to lift and locate the one reader at a predetermined position around the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.