US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Oct. 20 for "Image reading device and image forming apparatus therewith" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,794, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image reading device and image forming apparatus therewith" was invented by Yasuyuki Horiguchi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes a contact glass, an automatic document feeder, a first reading module, a second reading module, a white reference member, a swinging mechanism, one motor, and a control portion. The swinging mechanism swings the second reading module or white reference member in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. The control portion, by rotating a motor forward, drives a conve...