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US 8,797,608 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki Seto
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a reader unit configured to read an image of a conveyed document at a reading position, a transparent member arranged at the reading position and including a conductive layer, which is earthed, on a surface of the transparent member, a conveyance unit configured to convey the document to the reading position, and a guide member that is earthed, provided along the surface of the transparent member, and positioned so as to intersect with a conveyance direction of the document conveyed by the conveyance unit.
Claims18
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a document;
- a reader unit configured to read an image of the document at a reading position;
- a transparent member arranged at the reading position and including a conductive layer on a surface of the transparent member;
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- an earthed conductive guide member provided along the surface of the transparent member and having a flat surface positioned so as to intersect with a conveyance direction of the document conveyed by the conveyance unit and configured to contact to deform the document conveyed by the conveyance unit so that the document moves along the flat surface of the conductive guide member,
- wherein the conductive layer is earthed via the conductive guide member.
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An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reader unit configured to read an image of the document at a reading position;
- a transparent member arranged at the reading position and including a conductive layer on a surface of the transparent member;
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a document;
- a roller provided between the conveyance unit and the reading position and guiding the conveyed document;
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- an earthed conductive guide member provided along the surface of the transparent member and positioned between the roller and the transparent member, the conductive guide member being positioned so as to intersect with a conveyance direction of the document conveyed by the conveyance unit and configured to contact to deform the document conveyed by the conveyance unit so that the document moves along the conductive guide member,
- wherein the conductive layer is earthed via the conductive guide member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.