Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiro Imoto, Yasuhiro Suto, Hisashi Yamanaka, Kenji Nakanishi, Shohichi Fukutome, Kazuhiro Iguchi
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an image scanning unit that is provided with a holding portion holding a flexible flat cable. The holding portion is protruded toward an upstream side in a sub scanning direction, and provided with a second wall part. The flexible flat cable that is extended from a connector is brought into contact with the second wall part. As for the flexible flat cable, a downward movement is regulated by a lower holding portion and an upward movement is regulated by an upper holding portion. Accordingly, the flexible flat cable does not rise.
Claims12
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a flat-plate-like transparent plate on which an original is put;
- a scanning portion that is provided beneath the transparent plate and that scans the original being put on the transparent plate with movement thereof, the scanning portion reading an image from the original to output an image signal;
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- a signal cable that is belt-like and has one end connected to a connection portion of the scanning portion and another end that outputs at least the image signal being output from the scanning portion, wherein
- the signal cable is arranged such that a width direction of the signal cable intersects with a plane of the transparent plate in at least a part of a length direction of the signal cable,
- the scanning portion is provided with a protruding portion including a first protruding portion extending in the moving direction of the scanning portion and a second protruding portion extending downwardly from an end portion of the first protruding portion,
- the first protruding portion is arranged at a position that does not overlap with the connecting portion separated from the connection portion by a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the scanning portion, and
- a part of an upper part of the signal cable is arranged between the scanning portion and the second protruding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.