Image reader
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToshimitsu OHARA
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Abstract
An image reader includes a reading carriage, on which a reading unit is mounted and which performs scanning along a document-sheet platen in a scanning direction, and an annular belt that draws the reading carriage. The belt includes a first side extending in the scanning direction to which the reading carriage is fixed, and a second side that is disposed to be spaced from the first side. The detection unit that detects a document sheet mounted on the document-sheet platen is disposed in a region between the first side and the second side of the belt in a direction intersecting with the scanning direction.
Claims8
An image reader comprising:
- a document-sheet platen that has a mounting surface of a document sheet on a first surface;
- a detection unit that detects a document sheet mounted on the mounting surface from a second surface side opposite to the first surface of the document-sheet platen;
- a reading unit that reads a document sheet mounted on the mounting surface from the second surface side of the document-sheet platen;
- a reading carriage on which the reading unit is mounted and which performs scanning along the document-sheet platen in a scanning direction;
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- an annular belt that draws the reading carriage,
- wherein the belt has a first side extending in the scanning direction to which the reading carriage is fixed, and a second side that is disposed to be spaced from the first side, and
- the detection unit is disposed in a region between the first side and the second side of the belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.