Patent ID: 7676189
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: a main body having an upper surface on which a manuscript is placed; a cover installed at an upper portion of the main body to cover the manuscript when scanning and having a fitting groove member formed at one end of an inner surface of the cover and a hooking projection member formed at an opposite end of the inner surface of the cover; and a pressing plate movably installed at the fitting groove member and the hooking projection member such that the whole pressing plate is movable in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the manuscript and enclosed within a perimeter of a curved surface of an inner portion of the cover to press the manuscript and to reflect back a light emitted from the main body during scanning, wherein the pressing plate comprises a fitting protrusion formed at one end thereof to be fitted into the fitting groove member formed at one end of the inner surface of the cover, and a hooking protrusion formed at the other end thereof with respect to the end where the fitting protrusion is formed, the hooking protrusion to be hooked by the hooking projection member formed at the opposite end of the inner surface of the cover, wherein the hooking protrusion and the hooking projection member are hooked in a snapping manner.