Image reading apparatus having support structure
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaho Kurokawa, Tsuyoshi Yamauchi, Naofumi Sekine
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Abstract
A support structure which can hold an image reading apparatus in a vertically placed condition is provided. On a bottom portion of an apparatus main body 1 in such a horizontally placed condition that a document table glass 2 is installed nearly horizontally, a storage portion 1c for storing the support structure is provided, and support structures 31, 32, 33 are released from the storage portion and get into around the side of a document cover 6 and a hinge 7, from the bottom portion, and holds the apparatus main body 1 in a vertically placed condition.
Claims6
An image reading apparatus which reads out image of a document, that is placed on a document table, and covered by a cover member, comprising:
- a support structure which supports a main body of the image reading apparatus in such a vertically placed condition that the document table is placed nearly vertically to an installation surface;
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- a storage section which stores the support structure on a bottom portion on the side of the installation surface of the image reading apparatus main body in such a horizontally placed condition that the document table is placed nearly horizontally to the installation surface,
- wherein, the support structure has a supporting portion which is pivotally mounted on the bottom portion and supports the bottom portion of the image reading apparatus main body, and a holding portion which holds an end portion on the side of the installation surface of the image reading apparatus main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.