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US 7,126,726 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneeNisca Corporation
InventorsAkira Takei, Makoto Shimizu, Mitsuhiro Ishihara, Tetsuya Aiyama, Masaki Oshima
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a platen, a frame for holding the platen, an installation device disposed to the frame so that the platen can be held in a substantially vertical state, and a scanning device for reading a document along the platen substantially vertically held. The reading of the document is carried out by elevating or lowering the scanning device.
Claims18
An image reading apparatus for reading an image on a document, comprising:
- a platen having a reading position;
- a frame attached to the platen for supporting the same substantially vertically;
- a scanning device situated adjacent to the platen for reading the image on the document held at the reading position, said scanning device moving vertically along the platen;
- a supply tray disposed adjacent to the platen for storing the document;
- a transfer device disposed adjacent to said supply tray for transferring the document from the supply tray to the reading position on the platen;
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- a discharge tray disposed adjacent to the transfer device for receiving the document transferred from the reading position, one of the supply tray and the discharge tray being positioned at an upper portion of said transfer device and the other of the supply tray and the discharge tray being positioned at a lower portion thereof.
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An image reading apparatus for reading an image on a document, comprising:
- a platen having a first reading position and a second reading position situated above the first reading position;
- a frame attached to the platen for supporting the same substantially vertically;
- an insertion port attached to the frame for inserting the document located above the second reading position;
- an exposure device disposed adjacent to the platen for irradiating light on the document and being arranged to move along the platen vertically;
- reading means disposed adjacent to the platen for receiving the light reflected from the document to read the image on the document;
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- a transfer device attached to the frame for moving the document along the platen, said transfer device being actuated such that the transfer device is stopped after transferring the document to the first reading position along the platen and the exposure device is moved to thereby read the document, and said exposure device is stopped at the second reading position and said transfer device with the document is moved to thereby read the document.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.