Image reading apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8970927
APP PUB NO 20140092453A1
SERIAL NO

13851098

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An image reading apparatus includes: a reading unit; a feeding unit; a carriage; a motor-side transmission gear for transmitting power from a motor; a carriage-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the carriage; a feeding unit-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the feeding unit; a switching gear switched between a meshing state with the carriage-side transmission gear at a carriage-side position and a meshing state with the feeding unit-side transmission gear at a feeding unit-side position; and a control device for performing: a first switching process for meshing the switching gear with the feeding unit-side transmission gear; a second switching process for meshing the switching gear with the carriage-side transmission gear; and an initialization process of the reading unit.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHANAGOYA-SHI AICHI 467-8561

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ishikawa, Hiroko Handa, JP 21 130

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