Patent ID: 7576896
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising: a document reader configured to read an image on an original document sheet, which is being conveyed over a predetermined reading position, in a stationary state; a first document conveyor configured to convey the original document sheet, the first document conveyor including a pair of rollers that are disposed upstream from the reading position in terms of a direction of document conveyance and can come into contact with each other or be separated from each other; a second document conveyor configured to convey the original document sheet, the second document conveyor including a pair of rollers that are disposed downstream from the reading position in terms of the direction of document conveyance; and a controller configured to switch the pair of rollers of the first document conveyor from a separated state to a contacted state at a prescribed time after the trailing edge of the original document sheet passes the reading position but before a leading edge of a next original document sheet reaches the reading position.