Patent ID: 9204001
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading device comprising: a base member having a bottom wall, and a peripheral wall protruding upward from the bottom wall and defining a moving space in combination with the base member, the peripheral wall having an outer surface; an outer cover having an inner surface, the outer cover covering the peripheral wall such that the inner surface of the outer cover is opposed to and spaced apart from the outer surface of the peripheral wall, the inner surface and the outer surface defining a housing space therebetween; a top plate member supported by the peripheral wall such that the top plate member is opposed to and spaced apart from the bottom wall, the top plate member including a platen glass covering the moving space; a carriage configured to be reciprocatingly movable inside the moving space along a moving direction; a reading unit supported by the carriage to face the platen glass, the reading unit being configured to read an image from a medium to be read placed on the platen glass while the carriage is reciprocatingly moved; a first drive unit supported at the base member and configured to reciprocatingly move the carriage; and a first power supply cable connected to the first drive unit and accommodated in the housing space; wherein the peripheral wall has a first end portion positioned on a first side relative to the carriage in the moving direction and a second end portion positioned on a second side relative to the carriage in the moving direction, the second side being opposite to the first side in the moving direction; wherein the housing space comprises at least a first housing space, the first housing space being positioned both on the first side and the second side, and wherein the first power supply cable is accommodated in the first housing space.