Seiko Epson Corporation

Tomoyuki Mokuo

Keiichiro Fukumasu

Noriyuki Koyanagi

Hidenori Harada

Tokujiro Okuno

Keisuke Miyauchi

Naoki Sakamoto

Seiji Tezuka

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

Kenji Yanagisawa

Hiroto Miyauchi

Wataru Suzuki

Ichiro Yoshioka

Kazuhiro Hashii

Shinsuke Kogi

Masahiko Mizoguchi

Wataru Beppu

Mikinobu Abe

Masahiro Kimura

Masahiro Igarashi

Akifumi Sugano

Koji Hashiuchi

Sota Ishibashi

Yasuki Nogami

Kazuhiko Tsuyama

Hiromichi Kitsuki

Ryoichi Shuto

Kazuhisa Nakamura

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Tomoko Iwasaki

Keita Fuji

Junichiro Higuma

Satoshi Ushimaru

Kazuya Hirahara

An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.

Image reading apparatus

An image reading apparatus includes a first posture detection unit that detects a first posture that is a posture of the apparatus main body when not in use, a second posture detection unit that detects a second posture that is a posture of the apparatus main body when in use, and a posture change detection unit that detects a change in a posture of the apparatus main body. When the first posture detection unit detects a switchover of the apparatus main body to the first posture in a first power supply mode in which power is supplied to the first posture detection unit, the second posture detection unit, and the posture change detection unit, the first power supply mode transitions to the second power supply mode in which a controller supplies power to only the posture change detection unit.

Image reading apparatus with rotatable main body

In a scanner, a medium transport apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.

Medium transport apparatus and image reading apparatus

An image reading apparatus includes a support portion in contact with a mount surface on which the apparatus is mounted, an apparatus body portion that is provided so that a position thereof is changeable by being rotated relative to the support portion, and a discharge tray provided so as to be openable/closeable relative to the apparatus body portion, the discharge tray receiving the original. The apparatus body portion is switchable between a first position that is a position while not in use, and a second position in which reading of the original is performed. When the apparatus body portion is in the first position and when the discharge tray is opened from the closed state, the discharge tray switches the apparatus body portion from the first position to the second position.

Image reading apparatus with movable apparatus body

A scanner is configured to include a rotating body at a bottom portion of an apparatus main body and to be switchable between a movable state in which the rotating body contacts an installation surface on which the apparatus main body is installed and the rotation of the rotating body enables the movement of the apparatus main body on the installation surface and an installation state in which a contact area of the bottom portion of the apparatus main body with respect to the installation surface is larger than the movable state and the apparatus main body is installed and used on the installation surface.

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.

A medium feeding apparatus includes a mounting section on which a medium to be fed is mounted, a feeding roller configured to feed the medium mounted on the mounting section, a separation roller configured to nip and separate the medium with the feeding roller therebetween, and a regulation section disposed downstream of the nipping position between the feeding roller and the separation roller, the regulation section being configured to regulate the contact of the medium to be fed and the separation roller by coming into contact with the medium from the side of the separation roller.

Medium feeding apparatus and 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

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Tomoyuki Mokuo