Insertion member and image reading device
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorTakuro Morita
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Abstract
An image reading device includes: a housing, a document loading surface, a reading unit, a first through hole, a second through hole, an insertion member, and a first member. The first through hole is provided in a manner such as to be pierced through the housing. The second through hole is provided oppositely to the first through hole in a manner such as to be pierced through the reading unit located at a predefined place. When being inserted in the first through hole and the second through hole, the insertion member stops movement of the reading unit in a horizontal direction and fixes the reading unit in the housing. The first member closes the first through hole and has a shape deforming in accordance with the insertion of the insertion member in the first through hole and the second through hole.
Claims13
An insertion member being applied to a device, the device comprises:
- a unit being arranged below a first surface provided at a top part of a housing and being movable in a horizontal direction along the first surface in the housing;
- a first through hole being provided in a manner such as to be pierced through the housing;
- a second through hole being provided oppositely to the first through hole in a manner such as to be pierced through the unit located at a predefined place;
- and
- a first member closing the first through hole and having a deformable shape,
- wherein when being inserted in the first through hole and the second through hole, the insertion member stops movement of the unit in the horizontal direction and fixes the unit in the housing, and changes the shape of the first member in accordance with the insertion of the insertion member.
An image reading device comprising:
- a housing;
- a document loading surface being provided at a top part of the housing and loading a document thereon;
- a reading unit being arranged below the document loading surface, being movable in a horizontal direction along the document loading surface in the housing, and optically reading an image of the document loaded on the document loading surface;
- a first through hole being provided in a manner such as to be pierced through the housing;
- a second through hole being provided oppositely to the first through hole in a manner such as to be pierced through the reading unit located at a predefined place;
- an insertion member stopping movement of the reading unit in the horizontal direction and fixing the reading unit in the housing, when being inserted in the first through hole and the second through hole;
- and
- a first member closing the first through hole and having a shape deforming in accordance with the insertion of the insertion member in the first through hole and the second through hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.