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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideto Abe, Toride, JP;
Koki Watanabe, Moriya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photo interrupter unit includes a photo interrupter and a supporting portion configured to support the photo interrupter detachably. The photo interrupter includes a light emitting portion configured to emit light, a photo sensing portion configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitting portion, and a claw portion configured to be elastically deformable. The supporting portion includes a mounting surface on which the photo interrupter is mounted, a hole portion defining a hole into which the claw portion is inserted, provided in the mounting surface and configured to engage with the claw portion, and a projection projecting from the mounting surface, and configured to regulate a position of the photo interrupter in a deforming direction in which the claw portion is elastically deformable in a state where the claw portion and the hole portion are engaged.