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US 6,738,165 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneeRohm Co., Ltd.
InventorHideki Sawada
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a housing provided with a light passage, a transparent plate mounted on the housing, a light source for emitting light into the light passage, a lens array facing the image reading section on the transparent plate, a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in an array extending in a primary scanning direction, and a light reflector formed on the transparent plate. The light reflector is offset from the image reading section in the secondary scanning direction, which is perpendicular to the primary scanning direction.
Claims20
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a housing provided with a light passage;
- a transparent plate mounted on the housing;
- a light source for emitting light into the light passage;
- a lens array facing an image reading section on the transparent plate;
- a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in an array extending in a primary scanning direction;
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- a light reflector formed on the transparent plate, the reflector being offset from the image reading section in a secondary scanning direction perpendicular to the primary scanning direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.