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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Obara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidemasa Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunobu Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Iguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reading device includes: plural transport rolls that transport a document along a transport path, include a discharge roll disposed on a most downstream side of the transport path, and rotate and do not rotate in synchronization with one another; an opening and closing unit that exposes or covers an upstream portion of the transport path; plural detectors that are provided apart from one another along the transport path, detect a transported document, and include a discharge detector that is disposed on a most downstream side of the transport path and is disposed on an upstream side relative to the discharge roll in a document transport direction; a reader that reads an image formed on a transported document in a downstream portion of the transport path; and a controller that stops the plural transport rolls once upon occurrence of a document jam inside a device body by controlling the transport rolls and rotates the transport rolls for only a predetermined period in a case where the discharge detector is detecting no document and a length of a document is equal to or longer than a threshold length.