Image reading device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsAyumu HASHIMOTO, Shogo NAKAMURA
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Abstract
An image reading device includes a document tray, a wall surface, a conveyance unit, an image reading unit, and a position indication member. The document tray has a document placement surface on which one or more documents are placed. The documents placed on the document tray are made to abut on the wall surface. The conveyance unit is configured to convey the documents one by one. The image reading unit is configured to read images of the documents conveyed by the conveyance unit. The position indication member is arranged on the wall surface and has scale marks indicating a position in which the documents are to be set on the document placement surface.
Claims11
An image reading device comprising:
- a document tray having a document placement surface on which one or more documents are placed;
- a conveyor configured to convey the documents one by one;
- an image reader configured to read images of the documents conveyed by the conveyor and
- a position indication member indicating a position in which the documents should be placed with respect to the document tray,
- wherein the position indication member makes indication in a position of contact with the documents or near the position of contact with the documents.
An image reading device comprising:
- a document tray having a document placement surface on which one or more documents are placed;
- a wall surface on which the documents placed on the document tray are made to abut;
- a conveyor configured to convey the documents one by one;
- an image reader configured to read images of the documents conveyed by the conveyor;
- and
- a position indication member arranged on the wall surface and having scale marks indicating a position in which the documents are to be set on the document placement surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.