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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yohei Miyagi, Okinawa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00575 (2013.01); H04N 1/00554 (2013.01); H04N 1/00602 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scanner includes the following. A paper support guides an original document to a supplying port. An inverting unit inverts a front and a back of the original document fed through the supplying port. A reading unit reads the original document before being inverted. A discharging unit discharges the original document after being inverted. A portion of the original document is placed on a placement plate. A pressing unit presses the original document toward the placement plate at least at a downstream end portion in a discharging direction of the original document on the placement plate.