Image reading device
US8593652B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2601/2525
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image reader includes a path switching part, located at a branch point that switches between a double-sided path and a single-sided path. The double-sided path defines a conveyance route that passes through a reading position from the branch point to enter a conveyance path that causes a document to make a U-turn, and then again passes through the reading position to be discharged to a paper discharge tray. The single-sided path defines a conveyance route that, without passing through the reading position, merges into the conveyance path from the branch point. Along the double-sided path, document detecting sensors provide detection results so that a collision determination part determines a possibility of a collision between documents, and if such a possibility is determined, the path switching part switches the double-sided path to the single-sided path to prevent the documents from colliding head-on with each other in the vicinity of the reading position.
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