IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: IGUCHI KAZUHIRO, NAKANISHI KENJI, IMOTO MASAHIRO, FUKUTOME SHOICHI, SUDO YASUHIRO, KURUMA HIROKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.09.2016
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CALCULATING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to change a detection size system of a document to be read, that is, to change between AB system size detection control and inch system size detection control, with an extremely simple configuration.SOLUTION: There is provided an image reading device 102 comprising document size detection means 31 that detects the size of a document placed on a document placing table and reading means that reads the placed document, where the document size detection means 31 is provided on a bottom wall 41 that is arranged opposite to the document placing table in the inside of an apparatus housing 40, includes moving means that is provided reciprocatingly movably in a Y direction, and can have its position changed between A and B from the outside.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】極めて簡単な構造で、読み取る原稿の検知サイズ系の変更、すなわちＡＢ系サイズの検知制御か、インチ系サイズの検知制御かの変更を可能とする。【解決手段】原稿載置台に載置された原稿のサイズを検知する原稿サイズ検知手段３１と、載置された原稿を読み取る読取手段とを備えた画像読み取り装置１０２において、原稿サイズ検知手段３１は、装置筐体４０の内部において原稿載置台と対向する底壁４１に設けられ、Ｙ方向に往復移動自在に設けた移動手段を備えており、外部よりＡあるいはＢの位置への変更が可能になっている。【選択図】図２