Image-reading apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAyumu Murakami, Takeshi Aoyama, Shoko Magata, Yuichi Yamamoto
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Abstract
An original-transporting rotor configured to transport an original to an image-reading section and, after correcting skew of the original, to an original-transporting section capable of opening and closing relative to the image-reading section is provided. The original-transporting rotor is supported so as to define a variable angle with a light source provided in the image-reading section. When the original-transporting section is closed, an original-transporting mechanism is positioned by position regulating members.
Claims8
An image-reading apparatus, comprising:
- an image-reading section configured to read an image of an original;
- an original-transporting section configured to transport the original to the image-reading section in an original-transporting direction and capable of opening and closing relative to the image-reading section;
- a light source provided in the image-reading section and configured to illuminate light onto the original, the light source extending in a direction intersecting with the original-transporting direction;
- an original-transporting rotor configured to transport the original to the image-reading section after correcting skew of the original by making a loop of the original, the rotor being supported by the original-transporting section so as to make a variable angle with the light source;
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- position-regulating members provided in the image-reading section and configured to position the original-transporting rotor when the original-transporting section is closed,
- wherein, when the original-transporting section is closed, the position-regulating members positions the original-transporting rotor such that the angle made by the original-transporting rotor and the light source is variable.
An image-reading apparatus, comprising:
- an image-reading section configured to read an image of an original at a reading position;
- an original-transporting section configured to transport the original to the reading position and capable of opening and closing relative to image-reading section;
- an original-transporting member provided in the original-transporting section and configured to transport the original to the reading position after correcting skew of the original by making a loop of the original, the original-transporting member supported by the original-transporting section so as to make a variable angle with a main scanning direction of the image-reading section;
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- position-regulating members provided in the image-reading section and configured to position the original-transporting section such that, when the original-transporting section is closed, an angle defined by an original-transporting direction of the original-transporting member and the main scanning direction of the image-reading section is adjustable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.