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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Miyamoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Kohei Kozaki, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a medium support section that supports a medium before feeding, a reading section that reads the medium that feeds from the medium support section, a transport roller that is disposed upstream of the reading section and transports the medium to the reading section, and a load applying device that applies a load against rotation of the transport roller. The transport roller is disposed on a rotating shaft that extends in a medium width direction that intersects the medium transport direction, and the load applying device imparts the load by pressing a transport roller driving gear that is disposed at one end of the rotating shaft in a direction from the one end of the rotating shaft to the other end thereof.