Patent ID: 8897667
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reader comprising a light source unit comprising light sources comprising a plurality of light emitting devices that are arranged in a row in a horizontal scanning direction and that are configured to emit light to a document, wherein a housing of the image reader includes an air intake port for taking outside air into the housing of the image reader and an air exhaust port for discharging air in the housing of the image reader, wherein the light sources are interposed in an air flow path coupling the air intake port and the air exhaust port to one another, and wherein an imaginary line of the air flow path coupling the air intake port and the air exhaust port to one another is configured to pass adjacent a center of the light sources of the light source unit in the horizontal scanning direction when the light source unit is stopped at a reading position where it can read documents transferred by a document transfer device.