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US 6,285,441 B1Granted
Image sensor unit and image reader using the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Takahara
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Abstract
An image reader for optically reading an image on an original and an image sensor unit for mounting to the image reader. The image sensor unit is provided with a shaft used for rotatably mounting the image sensor unit to an image sensor unit holding member of the image reader. This reduces the size of the image reader.
Claims15
An image sensor unit for mounting on an image reader, comprising:
- a light source for illuminating an original;
- a reading element for reading an image on the original;
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- a housing for mounting said light source and said reading element, said housing being a rectangular parallelepiped and having a shaft or a bearing, said shaft or said bearing being disposed so as to be parallel to said reading element and said shaft or said bearing being provided so as not to protrude from said rectangular parallelepiped.
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An image reader, comprising:
- a transparent plate for contacting an original;
- an image sensor unit including a light source for illuminating the original, a reading element for reading an image on the original, and a housing for mounting said light source and said reading element, said housing being a rectangular parallelepiped and having a shaft or a bearing, said shaft or said bearing being disposed so as to be parallel to said reading element and said shaft or said bearing being provided so as not to protrude from said rectangular parallelepiped;
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- a holding member for holding said image sensor unit, said holding member having either a bearing or a shaft for engaging said shaft or said bearing of said housing.
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An image reader, comprising:
- an image sensor unit including a transparent plate for contacting an original, a light source for illuminating the original, a reading element for reading an image on the original, and a housing for mounting said light source and said reading element, said housing being a rectangular parallelepiped and having a shaft or a bearing, said shaft or said bearing being disposed so as to be parallel to said reading element and said shaft or said bearing being provided so as not to protrude from said rectangular parallelepiped;
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- a holding member for holding said image sensor unit, said holding member having either a bearing or a shaft for engaging said shaft or said bearing of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.