Image reading device apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshio TAKAHASHI
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an original illuminator; a reflector for reflecting light reflected by the original; a reading portion for reading the light reflected by the reflector; a holding member holding the reflection member; a first bonding portion connecting the holding member and one end portion of the reflector in a direction along a reflecting surface of the reflection member; and a second bonding portion connecting the holding member and the other end portion of the reflector in the direction along the reflecting surface of the reflection member. The second bonding portion has a hardness less than that of the first bonding portion.
Claims12
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- an illuminating portion configured to illuminate an original;
- a reflection member configured to reflect light reflected by the original;
- a reading portion configured to read the light reflected by said reflection member;
- a holding member holding said reflection member;
- a first bonding portion connecting said holding member and one end portion of said reflection member in a direction along a reflecting surface of said reflection member;
- and
- a second bonding portion connecting said holding member and the other end portion of said reflection member in the direction along the reflecting surface of said reflection member,
- wherein said second bonding portion has a hardness less than that of said first bonding portion.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an illuminating portion configured to illuminate an original;
- a reflection member configured to reflect light reflected by the original;
- a reading portion configured to read the light reflected by said reflection member;
- a holding member holding said reflection member;
- a first bonding portion connecting said holding member and one end portion of said reflection member in a direction along a reflecting surface of said reflection member;
- a second bonding portion connecting said holding member and the other end portion of said reflection member in the direction along the reflecting surface of said reflection member;
- and
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet on the basis of image information read by said reading portion,
- wherein said second bonding portion has a hardness less than that of said first bonding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.