Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkira Otake
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original includes an illumination portion for illuminating the original with light, a reflection member including a reflecting surface for reflecting the light from the original; a converting portion for photoelectrically converting the light reflected by the reflection member, and a casing for accommodating the reflection member. The casing is provided with an opening which is open to an outside of the casing. A surface of the reflecting member opposite from the reflecting surface and a portion defining the opening are bonded to each other with an adhesive.
Claims16
An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original, comprising:
- an illumination portion configured to illuminate the original with light;
- a reflection member including a reflecting surface for reflecting the light from the original illuminated with the light by said illumination unit;
- a converting portion configured to photoelectrically convert the light reflected by said reflection member;
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- a casing configured to accommodate said reflection member, the casing including a wall portion which faces a back surface of said reflecting member opposite from said reflecting surface,
- wherein said reflection member is bonded to said casing with an adhesive, and
- wherein said wall portion is provided with an opening through which the adhesive is applied to said reflection member.
An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original, comprising:
- an illumination portion configured to illuminate the original with light;
- a reflection member including a reflecting surface for reflecting the light from the original illuminated with the light by said illumination unit;
- a converting portion configured to photoelectrically convert the light reflected by said reflection member;
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- a casing configured to support said reflection member, the casing including a recessed portion recessed from an outside toward an inside of said casing,
- wherein said reflection member is provided in said recessed portion,
- wherein an inner surface of said recessed portion is provided with a groove portion recessed in a first direction along said reflecting surface and extending in a second direction perpendicular to said reflecting surface, and
- wherein said reflection member is bonded to said groove portion with an adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.