US 11,724,904 B2
Medium-transporting device and image reading apparatus
Yuhei Hamada, Kitakyushu (JP); Tokujiro Okuno, Kitakyushu (JP); and Noriyuki Koyanagi, Kitakyushu (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,996.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-150393 (JP), filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073305 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 31/20 (2006.01); B65H 31/02 (2006.01); B65H 11/02 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 31/20 (2013.01) [B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 11/02 (2013.01); B65H 29/14 (2013.01); B65H 2511/10 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1131 (2013.01); H04N 1/0062 (2013.01); H04N 1/00631 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium-transporting device that transports a medium, the medium-transporting device comprising:
a medium-support section that has a first mounting surface which is inclined relative to a horizontal plane and on which the medium is mounted;
a transport path for transporting the medium mounted on the first mounting surface, the transport path having a curved path on which the medium is transported in a curved state;
a discharge stacker that has a second mounting surface for receiving the medium discharged along the transport path and that is configured to switch between an extended state in which the second mounting surface is inclined relative to the horizontal plane so as to include a position at which the second mounting surface is inclined at an angle identical to an inclination angle of the first mounting surface and a stored state in which the second mounting surface is stored in the medium-transporting device; and
a controller that switches the discharge stacker between the extended state and the stored state, wherein
the controller is configured to perform
first control of switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state after the medium discharged along the transport path is discharged to the second mounting surface and
second control of not switching the discharge stacker from the extended state to the stored state such that the medium discharged along the transport path remains mounted on the second mounting surface,
wherein the controller performs either the first control or the second control in accordance with a dimension of the medium in a transport direction.