Patent ID: 9042781
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A document reader comprising: a main body housing configured to accommodate various components of the document reader; a reading unit disposed at an upper side of the main body housing, the reading unit being configured to read an image of a document sheet; and side covers disposed to face each other to form side faces of the main body housing, each of the side covers comprising: a lower holding portion formed in a predetermined position on a lower end portion of each side cover; and a protruding section formed with an upper portion of the side cover protruding outward relative to the main body housing, the upper portion being higher than a predetermined position below the reading unit, the protruding section comprising: an upper holding portion formed to extend in a longitudinal direction parallel to a main scanning direction of the reading unit, on a lower surface of the protruding section, and having a length in the longitudinal direction that is longer than a length of the lower holding portion in the longitudinal direction and as long as a length of a readable range for the reading unit in the main scanning direction, the upper holding portion comprising one or more ribs formed along the longitudinal direction of the upper holding portion, wherein the lower holding portion of one side cover is positioned at a same vertical height as the lower holding portion of the opposite side cover, and wherein the upper holding portion of the one side cover is positioned at a same vertical height as the upper holding portion of the opposite side cover, and wherein the protruding section of each side cover includes a cover member that includes: (a) a first upward wall located outside and along a side of the reading unit and (b) an inward protruding wall extending from the first upward wall and located outside and proximate to but not in contact with a bottom surface of the reading unit, wherein the inward protruding wall includes the upper holding portion.