IP Library Granted Patent US 7,864,383
Granted Patent B2
US 7,864,383 · App. 12/314,418 · Granted Jan 4, 2011

Image reader

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Patent No.
US 7,864,383
App. No.
12/314,418
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image reader has a transport passage for transporting an original, a CIS for reading an image on the original transported on the transport passage, and a control member for pressing the transported original against an abutment member disposed at an opposed side of the transport passage at a read position of the CIS. The original does not slide on glass at the read position of the CIS and is moved with the original abutted against the abutment member of a chute on the opposed side, and image data is read in sequence.

Claims (26)

1. An image reader comprising:

a transport passage for transporting an original;

a CIS (Contact image Sensor) for reading an image on the original transported on the transport passage, the CIS being placed downwards to the transport passage; and

a protrusion that is disposed on a reading surface of the CIS and upstream from the reading position of the CIS in the original transport direction.

2. The image reader according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is fixed on a cabinet.

3. The image reader according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an abutment unit that has a chute shape and is provided along a substantially perpendicular direction to the original transport direction, wherein the original is transported in slide with the abutment member.

4. The image reader according to claim 1 , further comprising an abutment unit for abutting the original pressed by the protrusion.

5. The image reader according to claim 1 , wherein an abutment unit and the protrusion lap each other by 0.5 mm or less.

6. The image reader according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an abutment unit that is disposed on an upstream side of the protrusion in the transport passage direction, and

wherein the abutment unit abuts the original.

7. The image reader according to claim 1 , wherein the abutment unit presses one surface of the original, and the protrusion presses the other surface of the original.

8. An image reader comprising:

a transport passage for transporting an original;

a CIS (Contact image Sensor) for reading an image on the original transported on the transport passage, the CIS being placed downwards to the transport passage; and

a protrusion that prevents the original from touching the reading surface of the CIS at a position that the original rushes into the reading section of the CIS.

9. The image reader according to claim 8 , wherein the protrusion is fixed on a cabinet.

10. The image reader according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an abutment unit that have a chute shape and is provided along a substantially vertical to the original transport direction, wherein the original is transported in slide with the abutment member.

11. The image reader according to claim 8 , further comprising an abutment for abutting the original pressed by the protrusion.

12. The image reader according to claim 8 , wherein an abutment unit and the protrusion lap each other by 0.5 mm or less.

13. The image reader according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an abutment unit that is disposed on an upstream side of the protrusion in a transport passage direction, and

wherein the abutment unit abuts the original.

14. The image reader according to claim 8 , wherein the abutment unit presses one surface of the original, and the protrusion presses the other surface of the original.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
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