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US 2010/0165418 A1Published application
Image reading device and image forming apparatus having the same
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorShunsuke Yamasaki
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Abstract
A rear side surface of a frame of an image-forming apparatus has throttle portions protruding toward the inside of the frame. By aligning the screw holes in the throttle portions and the through-holes in a guide rail and then screwing screws into these holes, the guide rail is fixed to the rear side surface with a predetermined distance therebetween. This restricts deformation of the guide rail due to a load applied by opening and closing the document holding plate.
Claims12
An image-reading device comprising:
- a frame;
- a guide rail positioned in the frame;
- an image-reading section positioned in the frame and including a scanning optical unit that scans a document and forms an image on an imaging device, and a carriage that carries the scanning optical unit and is movable along the guide rail;
- a document holding plate that covers a top surface of the image-reading section;
- and
- a hinge unit attached to the frame and supporting the document holding plate on the image-reading section so as to be rotatable, the guide rail is attached to an inside of a side surface of the frame, to which the hinge unit is attached, in such a manner that only part of the guide rail is in contact therewith either directly or indirectly.
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An image-forming apparatus comprising:
- an image-reading device comprising:
- a frame;
- a guide rail positioned in the frame;
- an image-reading section positioned in the frame and including a scanning optical unit that scans a document and forms an image on an imaging device, and a carriage that carries the scanning optical unit and is movable along the guide rail;
- a document holding plate that covers a top surface of the image-reading section;
- and
- a hinge unit attached to the frame and supporting the document holding plate on the image-reading section so as to be rotatable, the guide rail is attached to an inside of a side surface of the frame, to which the hinge unit is attached, in such a manner that only part of the guide rail is in contact therewith either directly or indirectly.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a hinge unit attached to a frame and supporting a document holding plate on an image-reading section so as to be rotatable:
- a guide rail is attached to an inside of a side surface of the frame, to which the hinge unit is attached, in such a manner that only part of the guide rail is in contact therewith either directly or indirectly;
- the image-reading section including a scanning optical unit that scans a document and forms an image on an imaging device;
- and
- a carriage that carries the scanning optical unit and is movable along the guide rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.