US 12,654,973 B2Granted

Image reading apparatus

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKazuki Matsuo

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Abstract

An image reading apparatus includes a conveying portion, a reading portion, an ejecting portion which ejects the sheet, conveyed by the conveying portion, in an ejection direction, and a sheet loading portion having a first loading portion and a second loading portion. The first loading portion is located below the ejecting portion and loaded with the sheet ejected from the ejecting portion. The second loading portion is located on a downstream side of the first loading portion in the ejection direction and is inclined with respect to the first loading portion so as to slope upward gradually further downstream in the ejection direction. In the ejection direction, a distance from the ejecting portion to an upstream end of the second loading portion is longer than a distance from the upstream end of the second loading portion to the downstream end of the loading portion.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An image reading apparatus comprising:

a conveying portion that conveys a sheet;
a reading portion that reads an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying portion;
an ejecting portion that ejects the sheet, conveyed by the conveying portion, in an ejection direction;
and
a sheet loading portion having a first loading portion and a second loading portion, the first loading portion being located below the ejecting portion and being loaded with the sheet ejected from the ejecting portion, and the second loading portion being located on a downstream side of the first loading portion in the ejection direction and inclined with respect to the first loading portion such that the second loading portion slopes upward gradually further downstream in the ejection direction, wherein
in the ejection direction, a distance from the ejecting portion to an upstream end of the second loading portion is longer than a distance from the upstream end of the second loading portion to a downstream end of the sheet loading portion and a distance from the ejecting portion to the downstream end of the sheet loading portion is shorter than an entire length of a sheet with a maximum size that can be handled by the image reading apparatus set in advance.

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An image reading apparatus comprising:

a conveying portion that conveys a sheet;
a reading portion that reads an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying portion;
an ejecting portion that ejects the sheet, conveyed by the conveying portion, in an ejection direction;
and
a sheet loading portion having a first loading portion and a second loading portion, the first loading portion being located below the ejecting portion and being loaded with the sheet ejected from the ejecting portion, and the second loading portion being located on a downstream side of the first loading portion in the ejection direction and inclined with respect to the first loading portion such that the second loading portion slopes upward gradually further downstream in the ejection direction, wherein
in the ejection direction, a distance from the ejecting portion to an upstream end of the second loading portion is longer than a distance from the upstream end of the second loading portion to a downstream end of the sheet loading portion, and a distance from the ejecting portion to an upstream end of the second loading portion is shorter than an entire length of a sheet with a minimum size that can be handled by the image reading apparatus set in advance.

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An image reading apparatus comprising:

a conveying portion that conveys a sheet;
a reading portion that reads an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying portion;
an ejecting portion that ejects the sheet, conveyed by the conveying portion, in an ejection direction;
and
a sheet loading portion having a first loading portion and a second loading portion, the first loading portion being located below the ejecting portion and being loaded with the sheet ejected from the ejecting portion, and the second loading portion being located on a downstream side of the first loading portion in the ejection direction and inclined with respect to the first loading portion such that the second loading portion slopes upward gradually further downstream in the ejection direction;
a hinge portion that supports the sheet loading portion so that the sheet loading portion can be opened/closed with respect to the reading portion;
and
a cover member that covers the hinge portion, the cover member including the first loading portion and the second loading portion, wherein
in the ejection direction, a distance from the ejecting portion to an upstream end of the second loading portion is longer than a distance from the upstream end of the second loading portion to a downstream end of the sheet loading portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/750,184Filed 21 Jun 2024
Priority: JP 2023-10304123 Jun 2023
Published: US 2025/0019197 A116 Jan 2025
Granted: 16 Jun 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

B65H 31/02
Pile receivers: with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
H04N 1/0057
Handling of original or reproduction media, e.g. cutting, separating, stacking: conveying sheets before or after scanning
B41J 3/44
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed: typewriters or selective…
B41J 29/13
Guards, shields or dust excluders: cases or covers