- Patent Title: Document feeding, image reading, and image forming apparatus including slidable document supports with one constituting part of an upper surface of the apparatus
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Application No.: US18303797Application Date: 2023-04-20
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Publication No.: US11843741B2Publication Date: 2023-12-12
- Inventor: Takahiro Ono , Takayuki Fukushima , Kazuki Matsuo , Yuya Yasuda , Takuma Tachibana , Akiyuki Mitamura , Akira Matsumoto , Akira Urita , Norikazu Hishinuma , Takatsugu Nakamura , Yu Hashimoto
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: ROSSI, KIMMS & McDOWELL LLP
- Priority: JP 22079422 2022.05.13
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract:
A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230370554A1 DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-11-16
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