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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a document platen on which a document is to be stacked, a pressing sheet having flexibility, a conveyance unit provided in a base member, an open portion provided in the base member and rotatable in a first direction with respect to the base member to open at least a part of the conveyance path, and a rotation member rotatable in the first direction with respect to the base member. The pressing sheet presses the document against the document platen. The conveyance unit forms a conveyance path within which the document is to be conveyed. The reading unit reads the document conveyed by the conveyance unit. The open portion retains one end of the pressing sheet in a longitudinal direction. The rotation member retains the other end of the pressing sheet in the longitudinal direction.