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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shoichiro Yoshiura, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358400 ; 358474 ;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus such as a portable copier has a contact surface with a window at the bottom of its housing for slidably contacting a document to be scanned. A cover attached rotatably or slidably to the housing which can be closed to clean and protect the window is so structured that some of its edges become coplanar with the contact surface to provide additional stability to the apparatus when the cover is opened for a scan.