Patent ID: 6765648
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image reader, comprising:(a) a transparent plate adapted to contact an original; (b) an image sensor unit including a light source adapted to illuminate the original, a reading element adapted to read an image of the original, and a housing adapted to mount said light source and said reading element, said housing being a rectangular parallelepiped and having a shaft or a bearing, said shaft or said bearing being disposed so as to be parallel to said reading element and being provided so as not to protrude from said rectangular parallelepiped; (c) a holding member adapted to rotatably hold said image sensor unit; and (d) a motor adapted to shift a positional relationship between the original and said image sensor unit held by said holding member, wherein said housing has a spacer which maintains a distance between said transparent plate and said image sensor unit.