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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Takashi Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Muneaki Takahata, Toyoake, JP;
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Masayoshi Oosaki, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Muneaki Takahata, Toyoake, JP;
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Masayoshi Oosaki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
In an image reading apparatus, it is judged whether an original sheet is either one of a first sheet type, whose sheet length is longer than or equal to a first conveyance distance and shorter than a second conveyance distance, and a second sheet type, whose sheet length is longer than or equal to the second conveyance path, the first conveyance distance being distance between a first conveyance roller and a second conveyance roller, the second conveyance distance being distance between a supply roller and the second conveyance roller. The original sheet is conveyed at a separation timing, when the original sheet separates away from the supply roller, at a speed that is smaller for a case where the original sheet is of the first sheet type than for a case where the original sheet is of the second sheet type. An image is read from the conveyed original sheet.