Patent ID: 8300279

Claim:
An image reading device, comprising: a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface parallel to the first surface, the third surface extending between the first surface and the second surface; a transparent panel configured to have a document placed thereon, the transparent panel defining at least a portion of the first surface of the housing; an image sensor extending in a first direction and configured to optically read the document through the transparent panel; a carriage having the image sensor mounted thereon and configured to reciprocate along the transparent panel in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and an electric cable connected to the image sensor, the electric cable comprising: a first portion extending from the image sensor in a third direction oblique to the first direction and the second direction, the third direction comprising a component projecting along the first direction away from the image sensor; a second portion extending along the second surface; and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion being twisted with respect to the first portion and the second portion.