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US 6,147,778 AGranted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasakatsu Yamada, Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Matsumoto
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus has a photoelectric converting element for receiving light obtained from an original illuminated by a light source, a lens for imaging the light obtained from the original on the photoelectric converting element, and a guide member for guiding the original to an original reading position, the guide member having a hollow portion for containing the photoelectric converting element and the lens therein.
Claims6
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a photoelectric converting element for receiving light obtained from an original illuminated by a light source;
- a lens for imaging the light obtained from the original on said photoelectric converting element;
- a holding member for holding said lens;
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- a guide member for guiding the original to an original reading position;
- wherein said holding member is molded integrally with said guide member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.