Image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKeiko Toyoda, Hiroshi Nishikawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of controlling movement of a transparent member suitably depending on various situations by including a transparent member, a feeding unit that feeds an original document to the transparent member, a reading unit that reads an image of the document fed on the transparent member via the transparent member, a moving unit that reciprocates the transparent member in a prescribed direction, and a controller that moves the transparent member forward in one direction from a home position while one document passes through a reading position, and stops the transparent member and then moves the transparent member backward to the home position when an interruption event of reading the document occurs.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a transparent member;
- a feeding unit that feeds an original document to the transparent member;
- a reading unit that reads an image of the document fed on the transparent member via the transparent member;
- a moving unit that reciprocates the transparent member in a prescribed direction;
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- a controller that moves the transparent member forward in one direction from a home position while one document passes through a reading position, and stops the transparent member and then moves the transparent member backward to the home position when an interruption event of reading the document occurs.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a transparent member;
- a feeding unit that feeds an original document to the transparent member;
- a reading unit that reads an image of the document fed on the transparent member via the transparent member;
- a moving unit that reciprocates the transparent member in a prescribed direction;
- and
- a controller that moves the transparent member forward in one direction from a home position while one document passes through a reading position, and stops the transparent member and then moves the transparent member backward to the home position when an interruption event of reading the document occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.