Image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToshimitsu Ohara
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Abstract
A document platen. A support member supports an end portion of the document platen from below in a sub scanning direction. A sensor module has a first protruding portion protruding in the sub scanning direction. The sensor module includes a first sensor, and a second sensor being shorter than the first sensor in length and being housed into the first protruding portion. A transport unit transports the sensor module in the sub scanning direction. When the sensor module is transported to an end part in the sub scanning direction, the support member is housed into a space disposed at a side of the first protruding portion in a main scanning direction.
Claims11
1 An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a document platen;
- a support member supporting an end portion of the document platen from below in a sub scanning direction;
- a sensor module having a first protruding portion protruding in the sub scanning direction, the sensor module comprising:
- a first sensor;
- and
- a second sensor being shorter than the first sensor in length and being housed into the first protruding portion;
- and
- a transport unit transporting the sensor module in the sub scanning direction,
- wherein when the sensor module is transported to an end part in the sub scanning direction, the support member is housed into a space disposed at a side of the first protruding portion in a main scanning direction.
2 The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
- a first pixel size of the first sensor is different from a second pixel size of the second sensor.
3 The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a first lens focusing onto the first sensor an optical image of the document supported by the document platen on a platen surface of the document platen;
- and
- a second lens focusing onto the second sensor the optical image of the document that is supported by the document platen at a position away from the platen surface.
4 The image reading apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:
- a spacer that adjusts inclination about an axis of the first sensor and is replaceably disposed between the sensor module and the document platen;
- and
- an urging member urging the sensor module toward the document platen, wherein
- the spacer has two projections spaced from each other in the sub scanning direction, the projections project toward the document platen, and
- one of the projections is positioned on a centerline of the first lens in the main scanning direction.
5 The image reading apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
- the other projection is positioned on a centerline of the second lens in the main scanning direction.
6 The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
- an adjustment member that adjusts inclination of the sensor module to the document platen.
7 The image reading apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising
- an urging member urging the sensor module toward the document platen, wherein
- the adjustment member includes a spacer replaceably disposed between the sensor module and the document platen.
8 The image reading apparatus according to claim 7, wherein
- the spacer has two projections spaced from each other in the sub scanning direction, and
- the projections project toward the document platen.
9 The image reading apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
- the spacer is divided into a first spacer having one of the projections and a second spacer having the other projection.
10 The image reading apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
- the one of the projections is provided at a center of the first spacer in the sub scanning direction, and
- the other projection is provided at a center of the second spacer in the sub scanning direction.
11 The image reading apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
- the sensor module has a second protruding portion protruding in the sub scanning direction,
- one of the projections is attached to the second protruding portion, and
- when the sensor module is transported to an end part in the sub scanning direction, the support member is housed into a space disposed at a side of the second protruding portion in the main scanning direction.