Image reading apparatus with substrate support, image forming apparatus with substrate support
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsKaoru Takahashi, Hironori Shimada, Minoru Aoki, Masayuki Saito
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a casing, a light emitting section, a substrate, a support member, and a light guide. The light emitting section includes plural point light sources disposed in a row. The light emitting section is installed to a first face of the substrate. The support member is installed to the casing and supports a second face of the substrate at a projection portion where a position of the light emitting section is projected at the second face of the substrate. The light guide is installed to the casing adjacent to the light emitting section, and guides light from the light emitting section to a read-face.
Claims10
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a casing;
- a light emitting section comprising a plurality of point light sources disposed in a row;
- a substrate in which the light emitting section is installed to a first face of the substrate;
- a support bracket that is installed to the casing and formed of a sheet metal, the support bracket directly contacting and supporting a first portion of a second face of the substrate that is a back side of the first face where the plurality of point light sources of the light emitting section is disposed, and the support bracket being bent so that a second portion of the second face of the substrate which is not contacting the support bracket, and a back side of a portion of the support bracket that is contacting the substrate, are exposed to an open space;
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- a light guide that is installed to the casing adjacent to the light emitting section, and that guides light from the light emitting section to a read-face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.