Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus including height adjustment mechanism without increasing overall size thereof
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Application No.: US17654729Application Date: 2022-03-14
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Publication No.: US12010278B2Publication Date: 2024-06-11
- Inventor: Seiji Kawabata , Kazunori Mori , Masato Ogawa
- 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: JP 21042108 2021.03.16
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a document bed on which a document is placed, an automatic document feeder (an example of an opening/closing member) configured to be opened/closed with respect to the document bed, a rotational supporting section provided at one end of the document bed and rotatably supporting the automatic document feeder with respect to the document bed, and a height adjustment mechanism that adjusts the height of the automatic document feeder relative to the document bed. The rotational supporting section has a holding section fixed to the document bed and a rotary fulcrum section attached to the holding section and being movable in the up-down direction relative to the holding section. The height adjustment mechanism adjusts the height of the rotary fulcrum section relative to the holding section to adjust the height of the automatic document feeder relative to the document bed and overlaps the holding section and the rotary fulcrum section in the vertical direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220303412A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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