Image reading apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsNaoto Hamabata, Masakazu Shirai
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus including: a transport path along which a recording material is transported from an upstream location toward a downstream location; and an image reader that reads an image formed on a portion of the recording material in the transport path, the portion being positioned at a specific location on the transport path. A width of the transport path in a thickness direction of the recording material transported along the transport path at the specific location is less than an upstream width and/or less than a downstream width, the upstream width being a width of the transport path at a location upstream of the specific location, the downstream width being a width of the transport path at a location downstream of the specific location.
Claims11
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a transport path along which a recording material is transported from an upstream location toward a downstream location, the transport path being bounded by flat surfaces;
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- an image reader that reads an image formed on a portion of the recording material in the transport path, the portion being at a specific location on the transport path, wherein
- a width of the transport path between first opposed portions of the flat surfaces in a thickness direction of the recording material transported along the transport path at the specific location is less than an upstream width and/or less than a downstream width, the upstream width being a width of the transport path at a location upstream of the specific location and between second opposed portions of the flat surfaces, the downstream width being a width of the transport path at a location downstream of the specific location and between third opposed portions of the flat surfaces,
- the specific location is one of a plurality of specific locations,
- at least one transport unit is disposed between a plurality of specific locations and transports the recording material,
- the at least one transport unit is a downstream transport unit and an upstream transport unit provided for each specific location, the downstream transport unit being disposed downstream of the specific location and transporting the recording material, the upstream transport unit being disposed upstream of the specific location and transporting the recording material, and
- an inclination of at least one of the downstream transport unit and the upstream transport unit in each of a plurality of pairs of transport units including the downstream transport unit and the upstream transport unit is adjustable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.