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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Fuji, Nakama, JP;
Kazuhito Noda, Kitakyushu, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device includes an original-document support portion configured to support an original document to be fed, and an expansion support portion configured to be able to be expanded from and accommodated in the original-document support portion. The expansion support portion includes a first expansion portion extending along a width direction that is a direction intersecting an original-document feeding direction in a state of being accommodated in the original-document support portion, and a second expansion portion configured to be able to be accommodated in and expanded from the first expansion portion, the second expansion portion extending along the width direction in a state in which the expansion support portion is accommodated.