Patent ID: 9106782
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
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 horizontal scanning direction and that are configured to emit light to a document, wherein a housing of the image reader includes two openings that serve as an air intake port and an air exhaust port, wherein one of the openings, which serves as the air intake port, is provided in: a first side surface of the housing of the image reader, the first surface being along the horizontal scanning direction and adjacent to the light source unit stopped at a reading position of the document transferred by a document transfer device; and a position close to a second side surface of the housing of the image reader along a vertical scanning direction orthogonal to the horizontal scanning direction, and wherein the other of the openings, which serves as the air exhaust port, is provided in a third side surface of the housing of the image reader, the third surface being along the vertical scanning direction such that air from the air intake port passes adjacent a center of the light sources of the light source unit in the horizontal direction with the light source unit stopped at the reading position.