Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17328476Application Date: 2021-05-24
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Publication No.: US11546481B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Yuichi Yamamoto , Takayuki Fukushima
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2020-095456 20200601
- Main IPC: B65H1/04
- IPC: B65H1/04 ; B65H7/04 ; B65H1/14 ; H04N1/00 ; B65H31/02 ; B65H43/04 ; B65H31/36

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a first stacking unit having a stacking surface, and an abutment portion that abuts a document stacked on the stacking surface, a feeding unit, a reading unit, a second stacking unit, a first detection unit, a rotating shaft, a drive unit, and a control unit. The second stacking unit receives the document fed by the feeding unit and read by the reading unit. The first detection unit detects presence or absence of the document stacked on the first stacking unit. The drive unit rotates the first stacking unit around the rotating shaft rotatably supporting the first stacking unit. At a predetermined timing after the first detection unit detects the absence of the document on the first stacking unit, the control unit controls the drive unit to rotate the first stacking unit in a direction with which the abutment portion is lowered.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210377408A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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