Reading apparatus and composite apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsKohei Otomo, Shiro Ino
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Abstract
A reading apparatus includes a reading unit and a movement-restriction unit that restricts a movement of the reading unit. The reading unit includes a reading portion for reading an image, a holding portion that holds the reading portion. The holding portion has a first surface. The reading unit further includes a sliding portion that moves in contact with the movement-restriction unit. The sliding portion has a second surface facing the first surface. A first region is provided between the first surface of the holding portion and the second surface of the sliding portion so as to form a predetermined gap.
Claims19
A reading apparatus, comprising:
- a reading unit;
- and
- a movement-restriction unit that restricts a movement of the reading unit, wherein the reading unit comprises:
- an image sensor for reading an image;
- a carriage that holds the image sensor, the carriage having a first surface;
- a slider that moves while in contact with the movement-restriction unit, the slider having a second surface facing the first surface of the carriage;
- and
- a region, formed as a predetermined gap, positioned between the first surface of the carriage and the second surface of the slider,
- wherein one of the carriage and the slider has two first contact portions that contact the other of the carriage unit and the slider, and
- wherein the first contact portions are provided on both sides of the region in a longitudinal direction of the image sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.