Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus
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Application No.: US14664476Application Date: 2015-03-20
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Publication No.: US09338321B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Masanori Hamaguchi
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-071993 20140331
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction along a conveyance path; a first reading unit configured to read an image of a first surface of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor through a first reading surface; a second reading unit configured to read an image of a second surface opposite to the first surface of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor through a second reading surface; a first pressing member, which is made of a resin, is configured to face the first reading surface and is configured to urge the sheet passing through the conveyance path towards the first reading surface; and a second pressing member, which is made of metal, is configured to face the second reading surface and configured to urge the sheet passing through the conveyance path towards the second reading surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150281499A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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