US 12,275,609 B2
Document reading apparatus that permits or inhibits transport of document through horizontal transport route, depending on status of discharge tray, and image forming apparatus
Yukio Tanisaki, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/228,962.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051781 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 29/60 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 29/60 (2013.01) [B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 5/26 (2013.01); H04N 1/00037 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00811 (2013.01); H04N 1/00814 (2013.01); H04N 1/00824 (2013.01); H04N 1/1215 (2013.01); B65H 2405/324 (2013.01); B65H 2405/3321 (2013.01); B65H 2551/21 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01); B65H 2801/39 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A document reading apparatus comprising:
a document tray on which a document is placed;
a first discharge tray that assumes one of a closed state and an open state, by being made to pivot about a predetermined first pivotal shaft;
a first transport route extending from the document tray to the first discharge tray, without being curved;
a first reading device provided on the first transport route, and configured to read an image on one face of the document;
a transport device that transports the document from the document tray to the first discharge tray, through the first transport route;
an input device to which an instruction from a user is inputted;
a first detection device that detects a status of the first discharge tray; and
a control device including a processor, and configured to act, when the processor executes a control program, as a controller that, in a case where an instruction to read the document with the first reading device is inputted to the input device, restricts the transport device from transporting the document and the first reading device from reading the image, when one of the closed state and a full state of the first discharge tray is detected by the first detection device, and allows the transport device to transport the document and the first reading device to read the image, when neither of the closed state and the full state is detected by the first detection device.