Patent ID: 9131102
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
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 a taper end portion which is formed in an end portion thereof on one end side in the first direction to be smaller in height toward the one end side; a first biased portion which is provided on the one end side in the first direction with respect to the carriage, and which is adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor; a second biased portion which is provided on the one end side in the first direction with respect to the carriage, and which is adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor, a first biasing member provided between the first biased portion and the carriage to bias the image sensor toward the contact glass via the first biased portion; and a second biasing member provided between the second biased portion and the carriage to bias the image sensor toward the contact glass via the second biased portion.