US 12,252,366 B2
Document receiving apparatus
Asako Murase, Nagareyama (JP); Masashi Yamaguchi, Kawasaki (JP); and Shigeru Ikezaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Chichibu (JP)
Filed by CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Chichibu (JP)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,044.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-141609 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021; and application No. 2021-141618 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123779 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/34 (2006.01); B65H 3/54 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/20 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 3/063 (2013.01) [B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/0653 (2013.01); B65H 3/34 (2013.01); B65H 3/54 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 5/20 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); B65H 2404/152 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A document receiving apparatus comprising:
a receiving port configured to receive a document into an apparatus main body;
a pressing portion configured to press the document to be received into the receiving port;
a document stopper configured to be pivotable between a first posture in which reception of the document is suppressed and a second posture in which the reception is permitted;
a holding portion configured to hold the document stopper in the first posture;
a biasing portion configured to bias the document stopper held in the first posture to be set in the second posture; and
an arm portion configured to pivotably support the document stopper while supporting the pressing portion, and to be pivotable between a first position at which the pressing portion is separated from the document and a second position at which the pressing portion presses the document.