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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshimitsu Ohara, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/1026 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reader includes a reading carriage, on which a reading unit is mounted and which performs scanning along a document-sheet platen in a scanning direction, and an annular belt that draws the reading carriage. The belt includes a first side extending in the scanning direction to which the reading carriage is fixed, and a second side that is disposed to be spaced from the first side. The detection unit that detects a document sheet mounted on the document-sheet platen is disposed in a region between the first side and the second side of the belt in a direction intersecting with the scanning direction.