发明名称 |
Image reading device. |
摘要 |
<p>An image reading device having a feed roller and a document-separating member for separating and feeding one document at a time from a stack of documents on a hopper, and an image sensor for reading each document being transported through a suitable document transport path inside the device. The document transport path is inclined downward for a short distance immediately downstream of the feed roller and the document-separating member, then is bent in a near-horizontal direction, stretching substantially straight. This structure reduces the overall height of the device. A rotatable pushing member for pushing the document-separating member against the feed roller has a document guide surface which is located downstream of the document-separating member and which protrudes beyond the putative extension of the document contact plane at the end of the document-separating member, the pushing member thereby constituting a bend of the path. Because the document guide surface supports a document being fed while bending along the path, the document does not hit and raise the document-separating member to disrupt its document-separating action. <IMAGE></p> |
申请公布号 |
EP0434285(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
1991.06.26 |
申请号 |
EP19900313474 |
申请日期 |
1990.12.11 |
申请人 |
MATSUSHITA GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
TAKAMIZAWA, SHIRO;ISHII, YUJI;SATO, MASANORI;KUMANO, TOSHIHIRO;YAMADA, HIROYUKI |
分类号 |
B65H3/52;B65H3/68;G03B27/62;H04N1/00 |
主分类号 |
B65H3/52 |
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