Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus
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Application No.: US16702745Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US10742829B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Seiji Kawabata
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@714daf05
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; H04N1/12

Abstract:
A scanner unit includes a first reading section that reads a medium via a transparent member; and a bracing member that pushes the medium toward the transparent member by a coil spring. The bracing member includes a contact portion coming into contact with the transparent member in a downstream of a first reading region, and a gap forming surface that is positioned in a direction further away from the transparent member than the contact portion, which includes the first reading region, in an upstream of the contact portion, and is formed with a gap in which the medium is configured to be transported between the pushing member and the transparent member. A pressing position of the pushing member by the coil spring is shifted from a position of the contact portion in a medium transporting direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200186662A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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