发明名称 Image reading apparatus
摘要 An image reading apparatus includes a main body and a reading unit. The reading unit includes: a document table; a lower supporting member that supports the document table from below; an upper supporting member that contacts an upper side of the document table and clamps the document table with the lower supporting member; and a reading device. The main body includes an exterior member arranged in a position adjacent to the upper supporting member when the reading unit is in a close position. One of the upper supporting member and the exterior member includes an abutting portion and the other includes an abutted portion so as to configure a positioning mechanism for establishing positioning of a relative position between the upper supporting member and the exterior member in an up-down direction.
申请公布号 US9325870(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.04.26
申请号 US201314039869 申请日期 2013.09.27
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Hosokawa Yasuhiro
分类号 H04N1/04;H04N1/00 主分类号 H04N1/04
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. An image reading apparatus comprising: a main body having an opening in an upper face side thereof; and a reading unit that is mounted on the main body and is configured to move between a closed position in which the opening is closed and an open position in which the opening is opened; wherein the reading unit comprises: a document table;a lower supporting member that supports the document table from below;an upper supporting member that is in contact with an upper side of the document table and clamps the document table with the lower supporting member; anda reading device that is arranged between the document table and the lower supporting member and is configured to read an image of a document placed on the document table, wherein the main body comprises: an exterior member arranged in a position adjacent to the upper supporting member in a case where the reading unit is moved to the closed position, wherein an upper surface of the exterior member and an upper surface of the reading unit form a flat plane in the case where the reading unit is moved to the closed position, wherein a distance between a top surface of the reading unit at a first convex portion and a lower end of the first convex portion in a protruding direction of the first convex portion is substantially equal to a distance of an imaginary line extending from a top surface of the exterior member at a first concave portion to a bottom of the first concave portion, wherein one of the upper supporting member and the exterior member comprises an abutting portion and another of the upper supporting member and the exterior member comprises an abutted portion, which the abutting portion is configured to be placed in direct abutment against in the case where the reading unit is moved to the closed position, so as to configure a positioning mechanism, and wherein the positioning mechanism is configured to establish positioning of a relative position between the upper supporting member and the exterior member in an up-down direction.
地址 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP