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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2008
Tomohiko Okada, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshitaka Okahashi, Nara, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Nara, JP;
Shohichi Fukutome, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiko Okada, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshitaka Okahashi, Nara, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Nara, JP;
Shohichi Fukutome, Kyoto, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An original transport and reading apparatus is provided with an original transport portion that transports an original, an original reading portion that reads the original transported by the original transport portion through a reading region of a reading glass, and a control portion that controls the original transport portion. The control portion executes foreign matter removal at the reading region of the reading glass by controlling the original transport portion so as to cause the original to advance in a reverse direction to a transport direction of when the original is being read and causes the original to contact at least the reading region of the reading glass.