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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Namiki, Kitakyushu, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a guide member that guides a medium by bringing the medium into contact with a contact surface of a medium placement portion is displaceable between a first position at which the contact surface forms a first inclination angle with respect to a placement surface when viewed in a width direction and a second position at which the contact surface forms a second inclination angle with respect to the placement surface when viewed in the width direction, the guide member moves from a first position to a second position as the medium placement portion moves from an opening position to an accommodation position, and moves from the second position to the first position as the medium placement portion moves from the accommodation position to the opening position.