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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Satoshi Narai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kudoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Narai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kudoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image scanner includes a stationary original plate on which a stationary original is placed and a moving original plate, over which a moving original is conveyed, aligned with the stationary original plate in a sub-scanning direction and tilted relative to the stationary original plate by a given angle. A reader is movable in the sub-scanning direction between a stationary original reading span disposed opposite the stationary original via the stationary original plate to read an image on the stationary original and a moving original reading position disposed opposite the moving original via the moving original plate to read an image on the moving original. The reader pressingly contacts the stationary original plate and the moving original plate as the reader moves in the sub-scanning direction.