Medium conveying apparatus including guide mechanism swingably supported about two axes

    公开(公告)号:US12006177B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17450946

    申请日:2021-10-14

    Applicant: PFU LIMITED

    Inventor: Shinya Orita

    CPC classification number: B65H3/0607 B65H3/0623 B65H3/66 B65H2402/441

    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes medium conveying apparatus includes a housing including a locking portion, a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, a feed roller, a separation roller located to face the feed roller, and a guide mechanism including a locked portion locked with the locking portion, a first shaft portion supported by the first supporting portion, a second shaft portion supported by the second supporting portion, and a conveyance guide portion to regulate a medium fed between the feed roller and the separation roller. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the first shaft portion in a state where the locked portion is locked with the locking portion. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the second shaft portion in a state where a locking of the locking portion and the locked portion is released.

    Image reading apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11184496B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US17157741

    申请日:2021-01-25

    Applicant: PFU Limited

    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first holding member that is provided with a first holding surface opposed to a placement surface, a second holding member that is provided with a second holding surface opposed to the placement surface, a guide member that is disposed on a front side of the first holding member and the second holding member, and an imaging unit that capture a medium placed on the placement surface, wherein the guide member is provided with a guide surface coupled to the first holding surface and the second holding surface and is disposed such that a distance from the placement surface to a first portion of the guide surface is smaller than a distance from the placement surface to a second portion of the guide surface disposed closer to the front side than the first portion.

    MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS INCLUDING GUIDE MECHANISM SWINGABLY SUPPORTED ABOUT TWO AXES

    公开(公告)号:US20240294345A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18658699

    申请日:2024-05-08

    Applicant: PFU LIMITED

    Inventor: Shinya Orita

    CPC classification number: B65H3/0607 B65H3/0623 B65H3/66 B65H2402/441

    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes medium conveying apparatus includes a housing including a locking portion, a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, a feed roller, a separation roller located to face the feed roller, and a guide mechanism including a locked portion locked with the locking portion, a first shaft portion supported by the first supporting portion, a second shaft portion supported by the second supporting portion, and a conveyance guide portion to regulate a medium fed between the feed roller and the separation roller. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the first shaft portion in a state where the locked portion is locked with the locking portion. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the second shaft portion in a state where a locking of the locking portion and the locked portion is released.

    MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS INCLUDING GUIDE MECHANISM SWINGABLY SUPPORTED ABOUT TWO AXES

    公开(公告)号:US20220169456A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17450946

    申请日:2021-10-14

    Applicant: PFU LIMITED

    Inventor: Shinya Orita

    Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes medium conveying apparatus includes a housing including a locking portion, a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, a feed roller, a separation roller located to face the feed roller, and a guide mechanism including a locked portion locked with the locking portion, a first shaft portion supported by the first supporting portion, a second shaft portion supported by the second supporting portion, and a conveyance guide portion to regulate a medium fed between the feed roller and the separation roller. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the first shaft portion in a state where the locked portion is locked with the locking portion. The guide mechanism is swingably supported by the housing about the second shaft portion in a state where a locking of the locking portion and the locked portion is released.

    IMAGE READING APPARATUS
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210144263A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17157741

    申请日:2021-01-25

    Applicant: PFU Limited

    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a first holding member that is provided with a first holding surface opposed to a placement surface, a second holding member that is provided with a second holding surface opposed to the placement surface, a guide member that is disposed on a front side of the first holding member and the second holding member, and an imaging unit that capture a medium placed on the placement surface, wherein the guide member is provided with a guide surface coupled to the first holding surface and the second holding surface and is disposed such that a distance from the placement surface to a first portion of the guide surface is smaller than a distance from the placement surface to a second portion of the guide surface disposed closer to the front side than the first portion.

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