Reading apparatus and printing apparatus comprising a movable guide being able to switch attitudes for reading and conveying sheets

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PATENT NO 8699102
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13683304

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A reading apparatus includes a movable guide that is able to switch an attitude of a supporting surface thereof relative to a reading unit between a first attitude and a second attitude, and the second attitude is a state where a side to which the sheet is discharged is downwardly open more in the gravity direction than in the first attitude. The movable guide is set to the first attitude during reading of a test pattern by the reading unit, and to the second attitude during discharge of the sheet from below the reading unit.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Sumioka, Masaki Yokohama, JP 7 80

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