Image reading apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12587604-B2
Application number	US-202418633723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2024
Priority date	Sep 28, 2017
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

A scanner includes a reading unit that reads an image of a paper, a medium feeding portion that is capable of selecting a first feeding mode in which a separation feeding for separately feeding a paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper is overlapped with each other is performed and a second feeding mode in which a non-separation feeding for collectively feeding the paper bundle without separating is performed, and a pair of first transporting rollers and a pair of second transporting rollers that transport the paper fed by the medium feeding portion, in a case in which the medium feeding portion feeds the paper in the second feeding mode, a first driven roller and a second driven roller respectively constituting the pair of first transporting rollers and the pair of second transporting rollers are driven in a rotation direction where the paper is transported.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image reading apparatus comprising:
a reader that is configured to read an image of a medium bundle; a first roller that is configured to transport the medium bundle toward the reader and that is provided upstream of the reader in a transporting direction in which the medium bundle is transported; a second roller that is configured to nip the medium bundle between the first roller and the second roller and transport the medium bundle toward the reader; a third roller that is configured to transport the medium bundle read by the reader and that is provided downstream of the reader in the transporting direction; a fourth roller that is configured to nip the medium bundle between the third roller and the fourth roller and that is configured to transport the medium bundle; a feeding roller that is configured to feed the medium bundle and a medium, the feeding roller being provided upstream of the first roller in the transporting direction; and a separating roller that is configured to nip the medium between the feeding roller and the separating roller, and is configured to separate the medium, the separating roller being provided upstream of the first roller in the transporting direction, wherein the separating roller is configured to switch a separation state in which the medium is separated and a non-separation state in which the medium is not separated, the separating roller is configured to be displaceable between a contact state of coming into contact with the feeding roller and a separation state of being separated from the feeding roller, and the separating roller is separating from the feeding roller and is set to be in the non-separation state when the feeding roller feeds the medium bundle.

2 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a separating roller rotation axis is arranged offset to a downstream side in the transporting direction of the medium bundle from a feeding roller rotation axis.

3 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first roller is positioned below the second roller, a second roller rotation axis is arranged offset to a downstream side in the transporting direction of the medium bundle from the first roller rotation axis.

4 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the third roller is positioned below the fourth roller, a third roller rotation axis is arranged offset to a downstream side in the transporting direction of the medium bundle from the fourth roller rotation axis.

5 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving source, which includes a first driving source and a second driving source, wherein the first driving source that is configured to drive the feeding roller; and the second driving source that is configured to drive the first roller, the second roller, the third roller, the fourth roller and separating roller.

6 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the reader includes a first reader and a second reader, and the first reader is displaceable in an advance and retreat manner with respect to the second reader to change a gap between the first reader and the second reader.

7 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the gap in a case in which the medium bundle is transported is wider than the gap in a case in which a medium is transported, the medium being thinner than the medium bundle.

8 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein, the gap is changed by a displacement portion that is configured to displace the first reader.

9 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising: a pressing member that is configured to press the first reader toward the second reader.

10 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the reader includes a first reader and a second reader, and only one of the first reader and the second reader is displaceable in an advance and retreat manner with respect to the other to change a gap between the first reader and the second reader.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Tezuka Seiji
• Koyanagi Noriyuki
• Sakamoto Naoki

Classifications

• B65H3/5284

  Retainers of the roller type, e.g. rollers · CPC title

• B65H2511/415

  of job · CPC title

• B65H2511/414

  of mode of operation · CPC title

• B65H2301/453

  opening folded material · CPC title

• B65H2701/1926

  Opened booklet · CPC title