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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Yohei Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Kanagawa, JP;
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushige Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Kawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Kanagawa, JP;
Munekazu Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushige Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Kawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image scanner, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a stationary-document reading section, a moving-document reading section disposed at an angle to the stationary-document reading section, a reader movable between the stationary-document reading section and the moving-document reading section, and a reading element movable to different angles while contacting the stationary-document reading section and the moving-document reading section to selectively read a document placed on the stationary-document reading section and a document moving over the moving-document reading section. The image scanner further includes any one of position detector, a combination of a moving device and at least one position sensor, and a combination of at least one pressing member, a framework, and an angle changer.