MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE

• Main Authors: KOYANAGI NORIYUKI, HAMADA YUEHI, OKUNO TOKUJIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 18.03.2022
• Subjects: CONVEYING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; STORING; TRANSPORTING

To suppress breakage of a medium when a discharge stacker which can be stored in a device is stored.SOLUTION: A medium conveyance device 1 includes: a medium support part 3 having a first placement surface 3a inclined with respect to a horizontal surface; a conveyance passage 10 having a curve path 10a where a medium M is conveyed in a curved state; and a discharge stacker 4 which can switch between a stretched state for forming a second placement surface 4a inclined with respect to the horizontal surface and for receiving the medium M discharged from the conveyance passage 10 by including the position opposing to the first placement surface 3a, and a storage state being stored in the medium conveyance device 1. The medium conveyance device can execute: first control for, after the medium M is discharged to the second placement surface 4a, switching the discharge stacker 4 from the stretched state to the storage state; and second control for not switching the discharge stacker 4 from the stretched state to the storage state so that the state where the medium M is placed on the second placement surface 4a is maintained.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14 【課題】装置に収納可能な排出スタッカーが収納されることに伴う媒体の破損を抑制する。【解決手段】水平面に対して傾斜した第１載置面３ａを有する媒体支持部３と、媒体Ｍが湾曲した状態で搬送される湾曲経路１０ａを有する前記搬送路１０と、水平面に対して傾斜しており搬送路１０から排出される媒体Ｍを受ける第２載置面４ａを第１載置面３ａと対向する位置を含んで形成する伸長状態と、媒体搬送装置１に収納される収納状態と、に切り替え可能な排出スタッカー４と、を備え、媒体Ｍが第２載置面４ａに排出された後に排出スタッカー４を伸長状態から収納状態に切り替える第１制御と、媒体Ｍが第２載置面４ａに載置された状態を維持するよう排出スタッカー４を伸長状態から収納状態に切り替えない第２制御と、を実行可能である媒体搬送装置１。【選択図】図１４