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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Kawabata, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A scanner unit includes a first reading section that reads a medium via a transparent member; and a bracing member that pushes the medium toward the transparent member by a coil spring. The bracing member includes a contact portion coming into contact with the transparent member in a downstream of a first reading region, and a gap forming surface that is positioned in a direction further away from the transparent member than the contact portion, which includes the first reading region, in an upstream of the contact portion, and is formed with a gap in which the medium is configured to be transported between the pushing member and the transparent member. A pressing position of the pushing member by the coil spring is shifted from a position of the contact portion in a medium transporting direction.