IMAGE READING DEVICE

• Main Authors: SHUTO RYOICHI, NISHIMURA YOICHIRO, KOYANAGI NORIYUKI, KOJO SHINSUKE, NAKAJIMA HIROO, OKUNO TOKUJIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 29.08.2023
• 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 solve the problem in which: forming a document conveyance path in which a document is set and conveyed in an inclined attitude in addition to a straight conveyance path increases the dimensions in a depth direction of the device.SOLUTION: An image reading device comprises: a document support part that is located above and behind reading means and supports a document in an inclined attitude; a feeding path of the document sent out from the document support part; a first conveying roller that is located behind the reading means and above a straight conveyance path; and a feeding roller that sends out the document placed on the document support part toward the first conveying roller. At least part of the feeding roller is in an area of the first conveying roller in a depth direction of the device, and a position where the feeding roller and the document are in contact with each other is in the area of the first conveying roller in the depth direction of the device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】ストレート搬送路に加え、原稿を傾斜姿勢にセットして搬送する原稿搬送路を形成しようとすると、装置の奥行き方向寸法が大きくなってしまう。【解決手段】画像読取装置は、装置後方且つ上方に位置し、原稿を傾斜姿勢に支持する原稿支持部と、原稿支持部から送り出される原稿の給送路と、読み取り手段に対し後方であってストレート搬送路に対し上に位置する第１搬送ローラーと、原稿支持部に載置された原稿を第１搬送ローラーに向けて送り出す給送ローラーと、を備え、給送ローラーの少なくとも一部は、装置奥行き方向において第１搬送ローラーの領域内にあり、給送ローラーと原稿とが接触する位置は、装置奥行き方向において第１搬送ローラーの領域内にある。【選択図】図１