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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1990
Hiroshi Kusumoto, Wakayama, JP;
Naruyuki Miyamoto, Sakai, JP;
Yoshifumi Ishii, Daito, JP;
Shoichi Kitagawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Hideki Ishida, Yao, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device including a contact glass on which an original sheet is set, an exposure lamp for irradiating a face of the original sheet on the contact glass to scan it, a photosensitive element provided below the contact glass, a first mirror for reflecting the light reflected by the original sheet in parallel with an original scanning direction, a second mirror for reflecting the light from the first mirror, a third mirror for reflecting the light from the second mirror, a lens for imaging the light from the third mirror on the photosensitive element, a first moving frame mounting the exposure lamp and first mirror and movable in the original scanning direction, a second moving frame mounting the second and third mirrors and movable following the first moving frame, first and second motors for shifting the first and second moving frames, respectively, and a controller for controlling a driving velocity of the second motor to keep the optical length from the face of the original sheet to be exposed to the light to the lens unchanged.