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AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Kirita
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An image scanning device that can be manufactured less costly. When ADF scans an original document (21) loaded in a document hopper (22) of a document feeder unit (12), a stepper motor (M2) is first driven by a motor driver (101) such that it moves a first carriage (50) from a second document scanning start position (P3) to a first document scanning position (P2). The first carriage (50) carries a scanner (14). After that, another stepper motor (M1) is activated by the same motor driver (101) to move the original document (21) over a contact glass (25), and the original document is scanned by the scanner (14). The two stepper motors (M1, 2M2) are selectively driven by the single motor driver (101) so that cost reduction is realized as compared with providing two motor drivers for two stepper motors.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
An image recording apparatus comprising:
An image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming apparatus comprising:
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