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US 10,225,427 B2Granted
Image reading device
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorEiji Tatsumi
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Abstract
An image reading device includes an angle restriction part 212a that restricts an inclination angle with respect to a document table glass (203) when viewed from a sub-scanning direction of a flat cable (214) such that a contact portion is biased to one side of the flat cable (214) in a main scanning direction when an upper surface part of the flat cable (214) contacts with the document table glass (203) with movement of an image reading unit (210).
Claims9
An image reading device comprising:
- a housing mounted at an upper surface thereof with a document table glass;
- an image reading unit that emits light toward the document table glass while reciprocally moving in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction between a bottom wall part of the housing and the document table glass;
- and
- a flat cable having one end part connected to the image reading unit, the other end part fixed to the bottom wall part of the housing and arranged in an U shape consisting of an upper sidewall part, a lower sidewall part and a curved part for connecting the both sidewall parts when viewed from the main scanning direction,
- wherein the image reading device further comprises:
- an angle restriction part that restricts an inclination angle of the flat cable with respect to the document table glass when viewed from the sub-scanning direction of the flat cable such that when a contact portion between an upper surface part of the flat cable and the document table glass is generated with movement of the image reading unit, the contact portion is biased to one side of the flat cable in the main scanning direction.
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