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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Toriyama, Tokokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus for reading an image from a sheet includes: a scanner including a platen glass; a sheet conveyer that rotates around an axis on a rear surface side and is provided to be openable/closable; and an operation panel including a rectangular image display surface, wherein the sheet conveyer includes a document tray, a sheet discharge surface, and a conveying part arranged at one side of the document tray in a horizontal direction as viewed from a front side and conveys the sheet, and the operation panel is arranged in a positional range not overlapping with the conveying part back and forth so that the vertical image display surface faces obliquely forward and upward as viewed from the front side and has a size from a position of the platen glass on the front side and a position higher than the sheet discharge surface.