Patent ID: 7542627
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. A reading apparatus comprising: a path for conveying a sheet-like recording medium; a scanner which is placed in the path, and reads image information that is displayed on one side of the recording medium and can be optically read; a pressing roller which is placed at opposed to the scanner on the other side of the path; a roller bracket which supports the pressing roller, allowing the pressing roller to move in a direction extending from the path; an MICR head which is placed next to the scanner placed in the path, in a direction of conveying the recording medium, and reads magnetic information printed on the recording medium; a pressing pad which is opposed to the MICR head and placed on the other side of the path; an arm which is supported by a rotation shaft extending along the path, and having one end to which the pressing pad is fixed; a rotation cam which has a swivel shaft placed in a direction crossing the path, a spiral cam part formed around the swivel shaft, and a push-out cam part extending in a radial direction of the swivel shaft from a far-end portion of the spiral cam part located in the distant side from the path; a roller lift member which is fixed to the roller bracket and engages with the spiral cam; a link member which is supported to oscillate around the support shaft extending in the direction crossing the path, and has one end that contacts the outer circumference of the push-out cam part, and the other end that engages with the other end of the arm extending from the rotation shaft in a direction leaving from the path, in the direction to rotate the arm in the direction in which the pressing pad leaves from the MICR head; and a driving mechanism which engages with the gear portion formed on the outer circumference of the rotation cam, and rotates the rotation cam in any direction around the swivel shaft.