Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazunori Miyake
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus with an image reading apparatus that may suppress the intensity level of radiated noise from the image reading apparatus in an appropriate manner, without disrupting other functions, etc. The movable image reading apparatus comprises a carriage having a light source adapted to expose an original to light, a photoelectric conversion element, and a drive circuit unit adapted to drive the photoelectric conversion element; and a plurality of guide members adapted to movably guide the carriage. The plurality of guide members are individually earthed to a housing of the image forming apparatus through a plurality of earth contacts.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus with an image reading unit and an image forming unit,
- said image reading unit comprising
- a movable carriage having a light source adapted to expose an original, a photoelectric conversion element, and a drive circuit unit adapted to drive said photoelectric conversion element,
- a plurality of guide members adapted to guide said movable carriage, and
- a plurality pair of conductive members adapted to connect to respective both end sides of said plurality of guide members, wherein
- said plurality of guide members are individually earthed to a housing of said image forming unit through said plurality pair of conductive members, and
- said image forming unit comprises a plurality pair of another conductive members disposed on the housing of said image forming unit to contact to said plurality pairs of conductive members, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.