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US 2001/0043375 A1Published application
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiko Yokota
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an original resting glass sheet for resting allowing an original thereon, a support device for supporting an end portion of the original resting glass sheet, and a movable image reading unit for reading image information of the original, wherein the support device is provided with a cutout for preventing the support device from coming into contact with the image reading unit when the image reading unit moves outwardly beyond the end portion of the original resting glass sheet.
Claims10
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- original resting means for resting an original thereon;
- support means for supporting an end portion of the original resting means;
- and
- a movable image reading unit for reading image information of the original,
- wherein the support means is provided with a cutout for preventing the support means from coming into contact with the image reading unit when the image reading unit moves outwardly beyond the end portion of the original resting means.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- original resting means for resting an original thereon;
- support means for supporting an end portion of the original resting means;
- and
- a movable image reading unit for reading image information of the original,
- wherein the support means is provided with a cutout for preventing the support means from coming into contact with the image reading unit when the image reading unit moves outwardly beyond the end portion of the original resting means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.