Patent ID: 11902483
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:
a turning-over transportation path that is a document transportation path located downstream of a reading transportation path and is used when the read document is turned over and is ejected upward, wherein the reading transportation path is defined as a document transportation path between the pair of first transporting rollers and the pair of second transporting rollers;
a non-turning-over transportation path that is a document transportation path located downstream of the reading transportation path and is used when the read document is ejected without being turned over;
a transportation path switcher that switches, to either one of the turning-over transportation path and the non-turning-over transportation path, the document transportation path that is to be coupled to the reading transportation path;
a pair of third transporting rollers that is provided on the turning-over transportation path and is located downstream of the pair of second transporting rollers;
a pair of fourth transporting rollers that is provided on the turning-over transportation path and is located downstream of the pair of third transporting rollers;
the turning-over transportation path is formed between the second unit and the third unit,
the pair of third transporting rollers includes a third driving roller, with which the lower surface of the document comes into contact in the third unit and which is driven by the motor, and a third driven roller, with which the upper surface of the document comes into contact in the second unit and which rotates passively by being driven via the document in contact, and
the pair of fourth transporting rollers includes a fourth driving roller, with which the lower surface of the document comes into contact in the third unit and which is driven by the motor, and a fourth driven roller, with which the upper surface of the document comes into contact in the second unit and which rotates passively by being driven via the document in contact.