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Patent No.:

US 11523014 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2021

Image reading apparatus incliding an upper unit and a lower unit disposed vertically below the upper unit, the upper unit includes a feed tray configured to support a document fed at an incline of 45 degrees or more, a discharge tray supports a document discharged such that the document is inclined at an agle of 45 degrees or more, the lower unit includes a document positioning plate on which a document is mounted and a second reader

Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroki Nakashima, Fukuoka, JP;

Shinsuke Kogi, Matsumoto, JP;

Tokujiro Okuno, Kitakyushu, JP;

Assignee:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Workman Nydegger

Primary Examiner:

Chad Dickerson

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04N 1/00596 (2013.01); H04N 1/00522 (2013.01); H04N 1/00604 (2013.01); H04N 1/00814 (2013.01); H04N 1/0464 (2013.01); H04N 1/32138 (2013.01);

Abstract

An upper unit includes a feed tray configured to support a document to be fed such that the document is inclined, a transport path configured to reverse the document fed in a direction having a vertically downward component by a feed tray in a direction having a vertically upward component, a first reader disposed on the transport path, and a discharge tray configured to support the discharged document such that the document is inclined. A lower unit includes a document positioning plate on which a document is mounted, and includes a second reader disposed vertically below the document positioning plate and configured to read the document mounted on the document positioning plate. A portion of the first reader and a portion of the document positioning plate overlap when viewed from vertically above.

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Nakashima, Hiroki. (2022). Image reading apparatus incliding an upper unit and a lower unit disposed vertically below the upper unit, the upper unit includes a feed tray configured to support a document fed at an incline of 45 degrees or more, a discharge tray supports a document discharged such that the document is inclined at an agle of 45 degrees or more, the lower unit includes a document positioning plate on which a document is mounted and a second reader (U.S. Patent No. 11523014). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11523014

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