Image reading device, image forming apparatus, and image reading method
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorTHANH CONG LE
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Abstract
An image reading device includes: a conveying portion configured to convey a sheet; a reading portion configured to read an image of the sheet; a driving portion configured to drive the conveying portion; and a switch processing portion configured to switch an operation mode of the driving portion alternately between a drive mode for driving the conveying portion and a cool mode for cooling the driving portion. When, in the drive mode, a total driving time of the driving portion exceeds a first threshold, the switch processing portion switches the operation mode to the cool mode.
Claims9
An image reading device comprising:
- a conveying portion configured to convey a sheet;
- a reading portion configured to read an image of the sheet;
- a driving portion configured to drive the conveying portion;
- and
- a switch processing portion configured to switch an operation mode of the driving portion alternately between a drive mode for driving the conveying portion and a cool mode for cooling the driving portion, wherein
- when, in the drive mode, a total driving time of the driving portion exceeds a first threshold, the switch processing portion switches the operation mode to the cool mode.
An image reading method comprising
- a switching step of, in an image reading device including:
- a conveying portion configured to convey a sheet;
- a reading portion configured to read an image of the sheet;
- and a driving portion configured to drive the conveying portion, switching an operation mode of the driving portion alternately between a drive mode for driving the conveying portion and a cool mode for cooling the driving portion, wherein
- in the switching step, when, in the drive mode, a total driving time of the driving portion exceeds a first threshold, the operation mode is switched to the cool mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.