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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Miyamoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus main body including a recording mechanism portion that performs recording on a paper sheet; and a reading mechanism portion which is linked to the apparatus main body to be rotatable in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, and reads a document, the reading mechanism portion includes a reading unit which extends in a main scanning direction, and moves in an auxiliary scanning direction intersecting with the main scanning direction, a motor which moves the reading unit, and a first linking portion and a second linking portion which are disposed on the outside of a moving region when the moving region of the reading unit is viewed in a plan view, and are linked to the apparatus main body to be rotatable, and the motor is disposed at least in any of the first linking portion and the second linking portion.