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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
May. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/047 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/1215 (2013.01); H04N 1/00795 (2013.01); H04N 1/028 (2013.01); H04N 1/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an image reading sensor, a transparent plate, a guiding member, a first roller pair, and a second roller pair provided upstream of the first roller pair with respect to a sheet feeding direction. The first roller pair and the second roller pair are disposed so as to nip a sheet in each of nips of the first roller pair and the second roller pair when a leading end of the sheet enters between the guiding member and the transparent plate.