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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2021
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Fuji, Nakama, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a document transport route along which a document inserted into the image reading apparatus from a front side is transported backward; a reader that reads an image of the document; an ejection guide that upwardly guides the document being fed after the document is ejected backward from the document transport route; and a transport-force-applying mechanism that applies a transport force to the document. The transport force applied by the transport-force-applying mechanism to a first side of the document is greater than the transport force applied by the transport-force-applying mechanism to a second side of the document, the first side being positioned on a first-directional side in a width direction intersecting a document transport direction, the second side being positioned a second-directional side that is opposite to the first-directional side. The ejection guide is positioned asymmetrically toward the first-directional side in the width direction.