Image reading device configured to selectively stop a sheet based on image reading readiness and image forming apparatus incorporating same

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PATENT NO 10491768
APP PUB NO 20190068815A1
SERIAL NO

16106054

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An image reading device includes a plurality of conveyance rollers to convey a sheet, a motor to drive the plurality of conveyance rollers, an image reading unit to read an image of the sheet, a control device to perform a stop control that stops the sheet in a course of a conveyance path, and a clutch to transmit a driving force of the motor. A first conveyance roller group includes at least one of the plurality of conveyance rollers upstream from a leading end of the sheet stopped by the stop control in a conveyance direction, to which the driving force is transmitted via the clutch. A second conveyance roller group includes at least one of the plurality of conveyance rollers downstream from the leading end of the sheet stopped by the stop control in the conveyance direction, to which the driving force is transmitted without the clutch.

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RICOH COMPANY LTDOTA-KU TOKYO 143

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Andoh, Takayuki Kanagawa, JP 67 551
Fujii, Tomoya Kanagawa, JP 32 109
Hatayama, Koji Kanagawa, JP 17 113
Hirata, Munekazu Kanagawa, JP 24 92
Horikawa, Toshiyuki Kanagawa, JP 28 115
Imaki, Daisuke Tokyo, JP 15 95
Kitamura, Naoto Kanagawa, JP 6 13
Nagano, Tatsuaki Kanagawa, JP 27 1039
Narai, Satoshi Kanagawa, JP 29 142
Tada, Kaoru Kanagawa, JP 82 1171
Youda, Yasunobu Kanagawa, JP 43 350

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