Patent ID: 8982429
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus configured to read an image of a manuscript, the apparatus comprising: a main body; a contact glass provided at an upper surface of the main body to set the manuscript thereon; an image sensor provided on a side opposite to a surface of the contact glass on which the manuscript is set, the image sensor extending in a first direction and having a reading surface which faces the contact glass to read the image from the manuscript on the contact glass; a rail member extending inside the main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a carriage which is supported by the rail member to be slidable along the second direction and contains the image sensor in a sensor container having a recess open to a contact glass side, the carriage being supported to be swingable about the rail member at a central portion thereof in the first direction, and having an opening which is formed in the carriage on one end side in the first direction and which penetrates a bottom surface of the sensor container to permit an end portion of the image sensor to project downward below a bottom surface of the carriage; a biased portion which is provided on the one end side in the first direction with respect to the carriage, and which is adjacent, in the second direction, to the reading surface of the image sensor; and a biasing member provided between the biased portion and the carriage to bias the image sensor toward the contact glass via the biased portion.