Abstract: An image reading apparatus 1 includes: a scanner unit 3 having a receiving port 5 and a discharge port 6 for a medium 2 and configured to read an image on the medium received and conveyed from the receiving port; and a container 4 to which the scanner unit is to be attached internally. The container includes an accommodation unit 8 that accommodates the medium to be discharged from the scanner unit, and an entry port 9 that communicates with the receiving port and allows the medium to enter. The scanner unit is switchable between an exposed state in which the scanner unit is exposed to an outside of the container and a non-exposed state in which the scanner unit is inside the container.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a main body that is switchable between a first posture and a second posture and a rotatable route-forming member that forms an exterior of a turning route. The route-forming member couples a first transport route to a second transport route when the main body has the first posture and couples the first transport route to a third transport route when the main body has the second posture. The medium transport apparatus further includes a transport route switching section having a switching member that engages with both the body support and the route-forming member. In response to switching between the first posture and the second posture of the main body, engagement of the switching member with the main-body support changes to rotate the route-forming member and to switch the medium transport route to which the first transport route is coupled.

Abstract: A medium transport device includes a drive source, a transport path through which a medium is transported in a transport direction between a first path surface and a second path surface located away from the first path surface, a plurality of projecting portions that projects from the first path surface and is arranged in a width direction intersecting the transport direction, and a moving portion that changes a projecting amount of the projecting portions with respect to the first path surface by power of the drive source between the first path surface and the second path surface.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a lower unit, an upper unit disposed above the lower unit, a hinge disposed on one side of the lower unit and the upper unit and coupling the upper unit to the lower unit in an openable and closable manner, and an assist mechanism that reduces lifting weight of the upper unit when the upper unit is shifted from a closed state to an open state. The assist mechanism includes a base portion integrally attached to the upper unit, an arm portion, a rotation shaft provided in the base portion and rotatably supporting the arm portion, an operation portion coupled to one end of the arm portion, an action portion coupled to the other end of the arm portion, and a support portion disposed in the lower unit and contacting and supporting the action portion from below.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a tubular-shaped housing, a cylindrical document setting section that is arranged in the housing and on which a document wound in a cylindrical shape is set, an document leading edge inlet into which a leading edge of the document in a rotation direction enters when the document set in the document setting section receives rotational forces RL and RR and rotates, a transport path that is arranged in the housing and along which the document that has entered the document leading edge inlet is transported in a transport direction F by receiving a transport force Cf, a reading section configured to read the image of the document transported along the transport path, and a discharge section to which the document read by the reading section is discharged.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a main body that is switchable between a first posture and a second posture and a rotatable route-forming member that forms an exterior of a turning route. The route-forming member couples a first transport route to a second transport route when the main body has the first posture and couples the first transport route to a third transport route when the main body has the second posture. The medium transport apparatus further includes a transport route switching section having a switching member that engages with both the body support and the route-forming member. In response to switching between the first posture and the second posture of the main body, engagement of the switching member with the main-body support changes to rotate the route-forming member and to switch the medium transport route to which the first transport route is coupled.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a main body that is switchable between a first posture and a second posture and a rotatable route-forming member that forms an exterior of a turning route. The route-forming member couples a first transport route to a second transport route when the main body has the first posture and couples the first transport route to a third transport route when the main body has the second posture. The medium transport apparatus further includes a transport route switching section having a switching member that engages with both the body support and the route-forming member. In response to switching between the first posture and the second posture of the main body, engagement of the switching member with the main-body support changes to rotate the route-forming member and to switch the medium transport route to which the first transport route is coupled.

Abstract: A medium discharge device includes a discharge driven roller that nips the medium between the discharge driven roller and a discharge drive roller and that rotates drivenly and a first discharge aid member and a second discharge aid member that have a larger diameter than the discharge driven roller and that rotate by torque from the discharge driven roller, wherein the second discharge aid member is positioned to the outside of the first discharge aid member in the width direction, and the torque from the discharge driven roller is transmitted to the second discharge aid member via a shaft and an universal joint.

Abstract: A medium transport device includes a drive source, a transport path through which a medium is transported in a transport direction between a first path surface and a second path surface located away from the first path surface, a plurality of projecting portions that projects from the first path surface and is arranged in a width direction intersecting the transport direction, and a moving portion that changes a projecting amount of the projecting portions with respect to the first path surface by power of the drive source between the first path surface and the second path surface.

Abstract: A scanner includes a reading unit, a reversing unit, a discharge unit, a mounting portion, and a pressing portion. The discharge unit discharges a document that is reversed by the reversing unit. On the mounting portion, the document discharged by the discharge unit is mounted. The pressing portion presses the document toward the mounting portion. The pressing portion has a moving member that is provided and configured to move toward the mounting portion, and an elastic member that applies an elastic force to the moving member so that the moving member comes into contact with the document on the mounting portion.

Abstract: A medium-transporting device includes: a medium-support section that has a first mounting surface inclined relative to a horizontal plane; a transport path for transporting a medium; a discharge stacker that is configured to switch between an extended state in which a second mounting surface that is inclined relative to the horizontal plane and that receives the medium discharged along the transport path is formed and a stored state in which the second mounting surface is stored in the medium-transporting device, a control section is configured to perform first control of switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state after the medium is discharged to the second mounting surface and second control of not switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state such that the medium remains mounted on the second mounting surface.

Abstract: A medium discharge device includes a discharge driven roller that nips the medium between the discharge driven roller and a discharge drive roller and that rotates drivenly and a first discharge aid member and a second discharge aid member that have a larger diameter than the discharge driven roller and that rotate by torque from the discharge driven roller, wherein the second discharge aid member is positioned to the outside of the first discharge aid member in the width direction, and the torque from the discharge driven roller is transmitted to the second discharge aid member via a shaft and an universal joint.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a main body that is switchable between a first posture and a second posture and a rotatable route-forming member that forms an exterior of a turning route. The route-forming member couples a first transport route to a second transport route when the main body has the first posture and couples the first transport route to a third transport route when the main body has the second posture. The medium transport apparatus further includes a transport route switching section having a switching member that engages with both the body support and the route-forming member. In response to switching between the first posture and the second posture of the main body, engagement of the switching member with the main-body support changes to rotate the route-forming member and to switch the medium transport route to which the first transport route is coupled.

Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a medium mounting section onto which a medium to be fed is mounted; a feeding unit that feeds the medium mounted on the medium mounting section; and a supporting member that supports an end in a width direction of the medium mounted on the medium mounting section and that supports the medium at a higher position than the medium mounting section in a direction of loading of the medium, the width direction being a direction crossing a feed direction.

Abstract: A scanner includes a reading unit, a reversing unit, a discharge unit, a mounting portion, and a pressing portion. The discharge unit discharges a document that is reversed by the reversing unit. On the mounting portion, the document discharged by the discharge unit is mounted. The pressing portion presses the document toward the mounting portion. The pressing portion has a moving member that is provided and configured to move toward the mounting portion, and an elastic member that applies an elastic force to the moving member so that the moving member comes into contact with the document on the mounting portion.

Abstract: A medium-transporting device includes: a medium-support section that has a first mounting surface inclined relative to a horizontal plane; a transport path for transporting a medium; a discharge stacker that is configured to switch between an extended state in which a second mounting surface that is inclined relative to the horizontal plane and that receives the medium discharged along the transport path is formed and a stored state in which the second mounting surface is stored in the medium-transporting device, a control section is configured to perform first control of switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state after the medium is discharged to the second mounting surface and second control of not switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state such that the medium remains mounted on the second mounting surface.

Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: a medium mounting section onto which a medium to be fed is mounted; a feeding unit that feeds the medium mounted on the medium mounting section; and a supporting member that supports an end in a width direction of the medium mounted on the medium mounting section and that supports the medium at a higher position than the medium mounting section in a direction of loading of the medium, the width direction being a direction crossing a feed direction.