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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Soeta, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Nagata, Chiba, JP;
Tomohito Nakagawa, Chiba, JP;
Masaki Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a conveyance unit and a reading unit. The reading unit includes a transparent member, a sensor unit including a substrate to which an image reading element is connected, and configured to read an image of the sheet through the transparent member, a fan configured to blow air, a supporting member including an opening formed at a position where the opening faces the sensor unit, and supporting the sensor unit, and a casing accommodating the sensor unit, the fan, and the supporting member. The fan is disposed in a manner of facing the opening on a side, with respect to the opening, different from a side on which the sensor unit faces the opening. The sensor unit and the supporting member are disposed such that a flow path of air that has passed through the opening is formed between the sensor unit and the supporting member.