Image reading apparatus
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorKengo KAWATA
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path, an insertion/discharge port, an image reader that reads an image on a medium conveyed along the first conveyance path, and a switch that is located at a first position or a second position, wherein the switch disconnects the first conveyance path from the second conveyance path and connects the insertion/discharge port and the first conveyance path when the switch is located at the first position, and disconnects the insertion/discharge port from the first conveyance path and connects the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path when the switch is located at the second position.
Claims20
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a first conveyance path;
- a second conveyance path;
- an insertion/discharge port;
- an image reader that reads an image on a medium conveyed along the first conveyance path;
- and
- a switch that is located at a first position or a second position, wherein
- the switch
- disconnects the first conveyance path from the second conveyance path and connects the insertion/discharge port and the first conveyance path when the switch is located at the first position, and
- disconnects the insertion/discharge port from the first conveyance path and connects the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path when the switch is located at the second position.
An image reading apparatus for reading a first medium and a second medium, comprising:
- a first conveyance path having a first end and a second end, wherein the first medium is conveyed from the first end to the second end, and the second medium is conveyed from the second end toward the first end, and then conveyed to the second end;
- a second conveyance path that conveys the first medium for discharging the first medium;
- a port from which the second medium is fed to the second end of the first conveyance path and the second medium is discharged;
- an image reader disposed in the first conveyance path to read the first medium and the second medium;
- and
- a switch configured to be positioned:
- at a first position to connect the port and the second end of the first conveyance path when the second medium is read;
- and
- at a second position to connect the second conveyance path and the second end of the first conveyance path when the first medium is read.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.