Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像读取装置
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Application No.: US15054288Application Date: 2016-02-26
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Publication No.: US09432535B2Publication Date: 2016-08-30
- 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
- US20160182752A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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