IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

An image reading device includes a housing including a support that supports a document, an opening and closing (O/C) member supported to rotate around a rotary shaft between an open position at which a top surface of the support is exposed and a closed position at which the top surface is covered by the O/C member, a reading member included in the O/C member to read the document, a processing unit included in the housing to process information read by the reading member, a connecting member electrically connecting the reading member and the processing unit, and a protective member whose first end is rotatably supported by the O/C member and that accommodates the connecting member in its internal space while being supported in a state of hanging from the O/C member and in a state where its second end is supported while not being constrained with respect to the housing.

主权项

1. An image reading device comprising:
a housing that includes a support on which a document is to be supported; an opening and closing member that is supported so as to be capable of rotating with a rotary shaft acting as a center between an open position at which the opening and closing member allows a top surface of the support to be exposed and a closed position at which the opening and closing member covers the top surface of the support; a reading member that is included in the opening and closing member and that reads the document; a processing unit that is included in the housing and that processes information read by the reading member; a connecting member that electrically connects the reading member and the processing unit; and a protective member whose first end is rotatably supported by the opening and closing member and that accommodates the connecting member in an internal space of the protective member, the protective member being supported in a state of hanging from the opening and closing member and in a state where a second end of the protective member is supported in a state of not being constrained with respect to the housing.