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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Daisuke Nakayama, Nagoya, JP;
Daisuke Nakayama, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a conveyor. The conveyor includes a first roller, a second roller, and a contact portion. The first roller is configured to rotate on a first axis. One of the second roller and the contact portion is disposed on an upstream side of the first axis along a conveyance path, and the other of the second roller and the contact portion is disposed on a downstream side of the first axis along the conveyance path. A first distance between a surface of the first roller and a surface of the second roller and a second distance between a surface of the first roller and a surface of the contact portion is fixed.