Image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKoji MIGITA, Yutaro KAJITANI, Masato OGAWA
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a platen on which a document is to be placed, an image sensor configured to read an image of the document on the platen, an opening/closing member configured to cover and uncover the platen, a document pressing layer disposed on a surface of the opening/closing member and configured to press the document on the plate when the opening/closing member covers the platen, elastic layers located between the document pressing layer and the opening/closing member and spaced apart from each other on a surface of the document pressing layer, and connection layers connecting the elastic layers to the opening/closing member. An area of the elastic layer is larger than an area of the connection layer.
Claims19
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a platen on which a document is to be placed;
- an image sensor configured to read an image of the document on the platen;
- a document feeder configured to cover and uncover the platen;
- a first layer disposed on a surface of the document feeder and configured to press the document on the platen when the document feeder covers the platen;
- elastic layers located between the first layer and the document feeder and spaced apart from each other on a surface of the first layer;
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- second layers connecting the elastic layers to the document feeder, wherein
- an area of the elastic layer is larger than an area of the second layer when viewed from a direction intersecting the elastic layer and the second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.