Image reading apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshio Takahashi
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an optical unit through which a light from a document passes, an image sensor configured to receive the light from the document via the optical unit, and a first holding member configured to hold the optical unit and the image sensor. The first holding member has an opening and a second holding member is fitted in the opening. The optical unit is disposed on the second holding member and the second holding member is positioned with respect to the first holding member with a gap between the first holding member and the second holding member and fixed to the first holding member by an adhesive that fills the gap.
Claims9
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- an optical unit through which a light from a document passes;
- an image sensor configured to receive the light from the document via the optical unit;
- a first holding member configured to hold the image sensor, and
- a second holding member configured to hold the optical unit,
- wherein the first holding member has a first surface in which an opening is formed and a second surface on which the image sensor is held,
- wherein the second holding member is fitted in the opening, and
- wherein the second holding member is positioned with respect to the first holding member with a gap between the first holding member and the second holding member and fixed to the first surface of the first holding member with an adhesive that fills the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.