Image reading apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Kimura
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Abstract
An image reading unit which is attached onto an image reading apparatus includes a first unit having a photoelectric conversion device for photoelectrically converting the image information of an original, and a second unit which can be engaged with the first unit, wherein the first unit is engaged with the second unit, and after a first plane portion provided in the first unit and a second plane portion provided in the second unit are brought in close contact with each other, the first unit is fixed to the second unit with an adhesive, and wherein a groove into which the adhesive is poured is formed in at least one of the regions where the first plane portion and the second plane portion are adhered to each other.
Claims34
An image reading unit which is attached onto an image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a first unit having photoelectric conversion means for photoelectrically converting image information of an original;
- and
- a second unit which can be engaged with said first unit,
- wherein said first unit is engaged with said second unit, and after a first plane portion provided in said first unit and a second plane portion provided in said second unit are brought in close contact with each other, said first unit is fixed to said second unit with an adhesive, and
- wherein a groove into which said adhesive is poured is formed in at least one of regions in which said first plane portion and said second plane portion are adhered to each other.
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a first unit having photoelectric conversion means for photoelectrically converting image information of an original;
- and
- a second unit which can be engaged with said first unit;
- wherein said first unit is engaged with said second unit, and after a first plane portion provided in said first unit and a second plane portion provided in said second unit are brought in close contact with each other, said first unit is fixed to said second unit with an adhesive, and
- wherein a groove into which said adhesive is poured is formed in at least one of regions in which said first plane portion and said second plane portion are adhered to each other.
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