Invention Grant
US09386167B2 Image reading apparatus having upper and lower conveyance paths connected by a curved conveyance path
有权
图像读取装置具有通过弯曲输送路径连接的上下输送路径
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus having upper and lower conveyance paths connected by a curved conveyance path
- Patent Title (中): 图像读取装置具有通过弯曲输送路径连接的上下输送路径
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Application No.: US14626495Application Date: 2015-02-19
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Publication No.: US09386167B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Takayuki Akimatsu
- 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: JP2014-031694 20140221
- Main IPC: G06K15/16
- IPC: G06K15/16 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a conveyor defining a conveyance path including an upper path, a lower path including a reference portion and a first and second inclined portions, and a curved path, and a first reading unit for reading an image of the sheet when passing the first inclined portion. The conveyor includes a chute member forming a guide surface. The chute member includes a first chute member forming a first guide surface defining the upper path and a second chute member forming a second guide surface defining the first inclined portion. The first chute member forms a third guide surface defining the second inclined portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150242715A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-08-27
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