Seiko Epson Corporation

Hidenori Harada

Tomoyuki Mokuo

Emi Akahane

Yoshihiro Tatara

Masahiko Kobayashi

Wataru Suzuki

Nobukazu Furutera

Ichiro Yoshioka

Kazutoshi Kashiwabara

Kenji Yanagisawa

Hiroto Miyauchi

Tokujiro Okuno

Keiichiro Fukumasu

Kazuhiko Tsuyama

Seiji Kimura

Saeko Inoue

Mugio Kawasaki

Keisuke Miyauchi

Seiji Tezuka

Kiyotaka Nakamura

Ryoichi Shuto

Yoriko Hama

Shuichi Kadota

Takaho Nagumo

Keita Fuji

Kazuhito Noda

Mitsuru Morimoto

Kazuya Hirahara

A scanner includes the following features. A first driven roller sandwiches a document together with a first drive roller and is capable of rotating in a driven manner. A second driven roller sandwiches a document together with a second drive roller and is capable of rotating in a driven manner. A driving unit rotationally drives the first drive roller and the second drive roller. A transmission unit transmits a rotational force from one of the first driven roller and the second driven roller to another of the first driven roller and the second driven roller.

Image reading apparatus to suppress skewing of medium

A scanner including a medium discharging apparatus includes a discharge tray including a first tray configured to receive a front end of a medium discharged by a discharge roller pair and allow placement of the medium therein, and a second tray that is located downstream of the first tray in a medium discharge direction and configured to allow placement of the medium therein, the discharge tray being configured to switch between a first posture in which the first tray and the second tray form a first angle &#x3b1;, and a second posture in which the first tray and the second tray form a second angle &#x3b1;smaller than the first angle &#x3b1;, without changing the posture of the first tray with respect to the discharge roller pair.

Medium discharging apparatus including a discharge tray containing multiple trays arranged in multiple postures forming different angles and image reading apparatus

An image reading apparatus includes a support section in contact with a mounting surface on which the apparatus is mounted, an apparatus body including a reader, the apparatus body, and a position holding section. The position of the apparatus body can be switched between a first position in which the apparatus body is not in use and a second position in which the apparatus body reads a document using the reader, and in which a projected area of the apparatus body on the mounting surface is larger than that in the first position, and the center of gravity of the apparatus body is lower than or equal to a rotation axis center of the apparatus body in a vertical direction viewed in a rotation axis direction of the apparatus body when the apparatus body is in the first position or in the second position.

Image reading apparatus

An image reading apparatus includes a lower unit, and a discharge tray and an upper unit that pivot with respect to the lower unit. An axis center of the discharge tray and an axis center of the upper unit are common, the image reading apparatus includes a first damping portion that damps pivoting of the discharge tray in at least an opening direction, and a second damping portion that damps pivoting of the upper unit in at least a closing direction, and the upper unit is configured to engage with the first damping portion, and, when the upper unit is closed from a state in which at least the discharge tray and the upper unit are opened, in addition to a damping force of the second damping portion, a damping force of the first damping portion is applied to the upper unit.

Image reading apparatus and opening/closing apparatus

A medium feed device includes a feed roller provided to a device body and configured to feed paper, a separator roller provided at a position on the device body facing the feed roller and configured to separate the paper, and a medium support section configured to support the medium in an inclined state upstream of the feed roller. The medium support section is configured with a variable contact angle between the paper supported by the medium support section and the separator roller.

Medium feed device and image reading apparatus

A medium discharging device includes a discharging unit which discharges a medium; and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium discharged by the discharging unit, and is switched between an extended state and an accommodated state, in which the medium receiving tray is provided with a base tray, a main extending unit that is accommodated or extended, and at least one sub-extending unit that is accommodated or extended, and in which the base tray forms an accommodating space for accommodating at least the one sub-extending unit, and is provided with a first protrusion portion protruding toward the accommodating space.

Medium discharging device and image reading apparatus

Scanner

The likelihood of a medium jamming is reduced or avoided during discharging media to a discharged-sheet receiving tray, and a plurality of media are appropriately discharged to, and stacked on, the discharged-sheet receiving tray. A scanner includes an apparatus body including a reading section that reads a sheet, a discharge roller pair that is provided inside the apparatus body and discharges the sheet after reads in the reading section, and a discharged sheet tray that receives the sheet being discharged by the discharge roller pair. The discharged sheet tray includes a first member that has at least a portion that is located inside the apparatus body. The first member is that supports the medium at a position higher than the placement surface of the discharged sheet tray.

A medium discharging device includes a discharging unit which discharges a medium; and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium discharged by the discharging unit, and is switched between an extended state and an accommodated state, in which the medium receiving tray is provided with a base tray, a main extendeding unit that is accommodated or extended, and at least one sub-extendeding unit that is accommodated or extended, and in which the base tray forms an accommodating space for accommodating at least the one sub-extendeding unit, and is provided with a first protrusion portion protruding toward the accommodating space.

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Kitakyushu, Japan

Hidenori Harada