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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Imaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Narai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Kanagawa, JP;
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Imaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Narai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Kanagawa, JP;
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device includes a plurality of conveyance rollers to convey a sheet, a motor to drive the plurality of conveyance rollers, an image reading unit to read an image of the sheet, a control device to perform a stop control that stops the sheet in a course of a conveyance path, and a clutch to transmit a driving force of the motor. A first conveyance roller group includes at least one of the plurality of conveyance rollers upstream from a leading end of the sheet stopped by the stop control in a conveyance direction, to which the driving force is transmitted via the clutch. A second conveyance roller group includes at least one of the plurality of conveyance rollers downstream from the leading end of the sheet stopped by the stop control in the conveyance direction, to which the driving force is transmitted without the clutch.