Patent ID: 9386176
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B26D,B41J,G03G,H04N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A cutting apparatus comprising: a housing formed with an insertion hole through which a sheet-shaped object is inserted; a transfer unit configured to transfer the object inserted through the insertion hole, along a transfer path; a reading unit configured to read an image of the object transferred by the transfer unit; a platen located opposite the reading unit with the transfer path being interposed between the platen and the reading unit, the platen having a flat surface on which the object is placeable; and a cutting unit disposed nearer the insertion hole than the reading unit on the transfer path, thereby cutting the object, wherein: the reading unit includes a light-transmitting plate through which light passes; the housing encloses the reading unit, the transfer unit, the platen and the cutting unit; and the platen includes at least a part which is openable and closable so that a surface of the light-transmitting plate located at the object side is externally exposed; the platen includes a first platen fixed to the housing and having a flat surface and a second platen which has a flat surface and is opposed to the surface of the light-transmitting plate located at the object side and is openable and closable; and the second platen is engaged with the first platen so that the flat surface of the second platen is flush with the flat surface of the first platen.