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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Miyauchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Akifumi Sugano, Kitakyushu, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reader includes a curvature forming unit that contacts a medium upstream of a nip position between a feeding roller and a separating roller, and forms a curvature of the medium in a width direction that intersects a feeding direction. The curvature forming unit is capable of switching between a first state in which a curvature is formed in a medium and a second state positioned in a direction that is retracted from a feeding path of the medium compared to the first state. The curvature forming unit is associated with posture switching of the device body, and is brought to the second state when the device body takes a first device posture, and is brought to the first state when the device body takes the second device posture.