| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To regulate an open angle of a path opening/closing plate without using a string.SOLUTION: In an imaging reading apparatus 104, a path opening/closing plate 40 is held at a position at which a guide path is closed, by using a lock claw 31 engaged with a part to be engaged of an engaging/disengaging mechanism 30, and a hook part 51 supported by a rotary member of a holding mechanism 50, and when the engagement of the engaging/disengaging mechanism 30 is released, an engaging part is lowered to bring a left end 40L of an opening/closing end of the path opening/closing plate into a full-open state, and the hook part of the holding mechanism is lowered to rotate the rotary member, and the rotary member stops the lowering at a position at which the rotation is regulated by a stopper, and a right end 40R of the opening/closing end of the path opening/closing plate is held in a half-opened state at the position to regulate an opening angle.</p> |
