Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakayuki Fukushima
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus including a reading unit comprising a photodetector configured to read an image information on a sheet, and a projecting portion, a case storing the photodetector therein, the case comprising a transparent portion configured to transmit light to be received by the photodetector, and a portion defining an opening through which the projecting portion is projected outward from the case, and an elastic portion provided to fill a space where the projecting portion is not present in the opening. The case movably stores the photodetector within a range where the projecting portion is movable in the opening.
Claims18
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a case comprising a transparent portion and a portion defining an opening;
- a reading unit comprising a photodetector disposed in the case and configured to read an image information on a sheet by photoelectric-converting a light through the transparent portion, and a support member configured to support the photodetector, the support member comprising a projecting portion configured to project outward from the case through the opening;
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- an elastic portion provided to fill the opening together with the support member,
- wherein the projecting portion is movable in the opening while deforming the elastic portion, and
- the photodetector supported by the support member moves within the case in a case where the projecting portion moves in an outside of the case.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a sealed unit comprising a deforming portion and a transparent portion, and being formed to seal an inside of the sealed unit and
- a reading unit comprising a photodetector disposed in the sealed unit and configured to read an image information on a sheet by photoelectric-converting a light through the transparent portion, and a support member configured to support the photodetector, the support member comprising a projecting portion configured to project outward from the sealed unit,
- wherein the photodetector supported by the support member moves within the sealed unit in a case where the projecting portion moves in an outside of the sealed unit and
- the projecting portion is movable while deforming the deforming portion which maintains a sealed state of the sealed unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.