Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus
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Application No.: US16797340Application Date: 2020-02-21
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Publication No.: US11235938B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Okamoto , Tomoyuki Mizuno
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Burr & Brown, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2019-061608 20190327
- Main IPC: B65H5/00
- IPC: B65H5/00 ; B65H3/06 ; B41J13/10 ; B65H5/06

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus, including a feed tray, a conveyance guide, a feed roller, a separator, a reading sensor, and a controller, is provided. The feed tray supports sheets for being fed and has a movable plate movable between a standby position and a feedable position. The feed roller is movable and feeds the sheets to be conveyed along the conveyance guide. A positional relation between the feed roller and an uppermost sheet in the sheets is maintained within a predetermined range by the movable plate located at the feedable position. The controller controls at least rotating-and-stopping movements of the feed roller and the separator and ascending-and-descending movements of the movable plate. While the feed roller feeds the sheets, the controller conducts a vibrating action, in which the movable plate located at the feedable position is moved to ascend and descend for a plurality of times.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200307930A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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