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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2002
Masahiro Shirai, Saitama, JP;
Masashi Shimamura, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Shirai, Saitama, JP;
Masashi Shimamura, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus which enables the area occupied by the apparatus to be made small and can stably transport even a thick sheet having stiffness. A sheet P contained in an inclined sheet containing portionis transported to image reading portionsandby a vertically extending first sheet transporting path Rand an image on the sheet P is read by the image reading portionsandand the sheet P on which the image has been read is delivered to a substantially horizontal delivery stacking portionby a substantially horizontally extending second sheet transporting path RThe image reading portionis provided between the vertically extending first sheet transporting path Rand the substantially horizontally extending second sheet transporting path Rand in the image reading portionthe transport direction of the sheet P passed along the first sheet transporting path Ris changed to a direction toward the second sheet transporting path R