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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Urita, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus incudes a guiding shaft extending in an axial direction; a reading portion supported by the shaft so as to be movable in the axial direction; a casing accommodating the reading portion, the casing including a first supporting portion supporting an end portion of the shaft and a second supporting portion supporting the other end portion of the shaft; and an elastically deformable bonding portion bonding the casing and the shaft with each other, the bonding portion being provided between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion in the axial direction and between the casing and the shaft in a diametrical direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The shaft is supported by the first supporting portion, the second supporting portion and the bonding portion, without contact to the casing except for the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion.