Image reading apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshinori Osakabe
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an image reading portion that moves in a predetermined direction. The image reading portion includes an image reading sensor that reads an image on a sheet. The image reading apparatus also includes a sheet feeder that feeds the sheet, a first transparent member with a reference surface that supports the sheet thereon, and a second transparent member that contacts the sheet fed by the sheet feeder. The second transparent member is positioned in an inclined position with respect to the reference surface of the first transparent member. The image reading portion moves along a lower surface of the first transparent member and a lower surface of the second transparent member.
Claims14
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- an image reading portion configured to move in a predetermined direction, the image reading portion comprising an image reading sensor configured to read an image on a sheet;
- a sheet feeder configured to feed the sheet;
- a first transparent member having a reference surface configured to support the sheet thereon;
- and
- a second transparent member configured to contact the sheet fed by the sheet feeder,
- wherein the second transparent member is positioned in an inclined position with respect to the reference surface of the first transparent member,
- wherein the image reading portion is configured to move along a lower surface of the first transparent member and to move along a lower surface of the second transparent member, and
- wherein the image reading portion is configured to incline in response to a movement between a first position for reading the image through the first transparent member and a second position for reading the image through the second transparent member.
An image reading apparatus comprising;
- an image reading portion configured to move in a predetermined direction, the image reading portion comprising an image reading sensor configured to read an image on a sheet;
- a sheet feeder configured to feed the sheet;
- a first transparent member having a reference surface configured to support the sheet thereon;
- a second transparent member configured to contact the sheet fed by the sheet feeder;
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- a connecting member configured to connect the first transparent member to the second transparent member,
- wherein the second transparent member is positioned in an inclined position with respect to the reference surface of the first transparent member,
- wherein the image reading portion is configured to move along a lower surface of the first transparent member and to move along a lower surface of the second transparent member, and
- wherein the image reading portion is configured to selectively move between the lower surface of the first transparent member and the lower surface of the second transparent member via the connecting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.