Reading apparatus that suppresses height of recording medium at a reading position, image forming apparatus and image forming system having the same

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PATENT NO 9948803
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15080255

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A reading apparatus which is connected to an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, the reading apparatus including: a supporting section which forms a reading surface for reading the image on the recording medium by contacting the recording medium on which the image is formed by the image forming apparatus; a conveyance section which conveys the recording medium so that the recording medium contacts the supporting section from a leading direction at a predetermined leading angle with respect to the reading surface and moves apart from the supporting section to an ejection direction at a predetermined ejection angle with respect to the reading surface; and a reading section which reads the image on the recording medium at a position where the reading surface is formed.

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KONICA MINOLTA INCJAPAN

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Isokawa, Hiroshi Hino, JP 46 158

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