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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1997
Toshimi Iizuka, Yokohama, JP;
Masahito Natsume, Matsudo, JP;
Kenji Miyauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinari Onda, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiki Ishino, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a carriage for holding a film holder holding a film, a motor for moving the carriage, and a housing for holding the carriage and the motor. While the motor moves the carriage, a first portion of the carriage is positioned by being slidably clamped by the housing, and a second portion which is in the opposite side of the first portion of the carriage is slidably positioned by a guide shaft. An image reading apparatus includes an image sensor for sensing an image from an original, a conveyor for conveying the original, a first board on which an image processing circuit for performing predetermined processing for an image signal output from the image sensor is mounted, and a second board on which a power supply circuit for supplying power to the image processing circuit is mounted. The first and second boards are arranged to be parallel to each other, and the conveyor means conveys the original to cause the original to pass through a space enclosed with the first board and the second board. An inlet is formed in a lower part of a space enclosed with the first board and the second board, and an outlet is formed in an upper part of the space. The conveyor conveys the original while keeping the original parallel to the first or second board. The original is translucent.