Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsKenichiro KAWASAKI, Kazuhisa HIRAHARA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus (100) includes a photoelectric conversion portion (24) that receives light reflected by a document sheet and outputs an electric signal based on the light, a posture adjustment portion (400) having an operation shaft (34) rotatable about a first axis (AX1) and that adjusts a posture of the photoelectric conversion portion (24) according to rotation of the operation shaft (34), and a stimulus output portion (402) that outputs a stimulus perceivable by an operator of the operation shaft (34) each time the operation shaft (34) is rotated by a predetermined specific angle.
Claims6
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- an optical element arranged on an optical path from a light emitting portion that emits light irradiated onto a document sheet to a photoelectric conversion portion that receives light reflected by the document sheet and outputs an electrical signal based on the light;
- a posture adjustment portion having an operation shaft rotatable about a first axis and configured to adjust a posture of the optical element according to rotation of the operation shaft;
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- a stimulus output portion configured to output a stimulus that allows an operator of the operation shaft to perceive rotation each time the operation shaft is rotated by a predetermined specific angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.