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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Morinaga, Machida, JP;
Kaneto Tokuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus comprises a feeding mechanism conveying a document, a moving mechanism moving a reading unit, a driving source shared by the mechanisms, a biasing mechanism moving the reading unit to a predetermined position by an elastic member when the reading unit is moved out of a reading region, a transmission element being displaced by the movement of the reading unit and switching transmission of the drive force, and a disengaging mechanism disengaging the reading unit in the predetermined position to the reading region from the predetermined position by the drive force of the driving source.
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