IP Library Granted Patent US 10,241,388
Granted Patent B1
US 10,241,388 · App. 15/712,582 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus

Inventor: Sho Koike (Shimizu Sunto Shizuoka, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G03B27/6228H04N1/107G03G15/0142G03G15/60
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Patent No.
US 10,241,388
App. No.
15/712,582
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

An image reading apparatus comprises a housing having a document table glass, a scanner section, a cover member, an adsorption board, a driving section and a controller. The cover member is connected to the housing to be rotatable around a first rotation center line with respect to the housing between a closed position where the document table glass is covered and an open position. The adsorption board, arranged in a part at a housing side at the time the cover member is positioned at the closed position, has an adsorption surface adsorbing the original document, and is connected to the cover member to be rotatable around a second rotation center line parallel to the first rotation center line. The driving section adsorbs the original document on the adsorption surface of the adsorption board.

Claims (25)

1. An image reading apparatus, comprising:

a housing having a document table glass;

a scanner device, arranged in the housing, configured to read an original document on the document table glass;

a cover configured to be connected to the housing to be rotatable around a first rotation center line with respect to the housing between a closed position where the document table glass is covered and an open position;

an adsorption board, arranged in a part at a housing side at the time the cover is positioned at the closed position, configured to have an adsorption surface adsorbing the original document, and be connected to the cover to be rotatable around a second rotation center line parallel to the first rotation center line between a clamping position at which the original document is clamped between the adsorption surface and the document table glass at the time the cover is positioned at the closed position and a movement position at which the adsorption surface moves in a direction away from the first rotation center line with respect to the clamping position; and

an electric circuit that controls adsorption of the original document on the adsorption surface of the adsorption board.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a slide rail arranged in the housing configured to extend in parallel with a direction orthogonal to the first rotation center line; and

a roller arranged in the adsorption board configured to be movably supported on the slide rail.

3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the adsorption board is an electrostatic adsorption board, and

the electric circuit conducts current to the adsorption board.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the adsorption surface of the adsorption board has a plurality of holes, and

the electric circuit controls a pump that applies a negative pressure to a hole of the plurality of holes.

5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a locking device capable of selectively fixing the adsorption board to the cover at the clamping position; and

a signal transmission device configured to transmit a signal depending to a state in which the adsorption board is fixed to the cover by the locking device and a state in which fixation is released, wherein

in response to determining that the fixation of the adsorption board to the cover by the locking device is released based on the signal, the electric circuit controls performance of the adsorption of the original document on the adsorption surface of the adsorption board.

6. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

a housing having a document table glass;

a scanner device, arranged in the housing, configured to read an original document on the document table glass;

a cover configured to be connected to the housing to be rotatable around a first rotation center line with respect to the housing between a closed position where the document table glass is covered and an open position;

an adsorption board, arranged in a part at a housing side at the time the cover is positioned at the closed position, configured to have an adsorption surface adsorbing the original document, and be connected to the cover to be rotatable around a second rotation center line parallel to the first rotation center line between a clamping position at which the original document can be clamped between the adsorption surface and the document table glass at the time the cover is positioned at the closed position and a movement position at which the adsorption surface moves in a direction away from the first rotation center line with respect to the clamping position; and

an electric circuit the controls adsorption of the original document on the adsorption surface of the adsorption board.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2017
From: KOIKE, SHO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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