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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Eiichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A mechanism for retaining a platen glass of an image reader adapted to irradiate original in the course of being fed and thereby to pick up image information wherein the platen glass used to read the original in the course of being fed is supported by a guide plate comprising a combination of a relatively thin glass supporting plate and a relatively thick plate supported directly on a frame of the image reader so that the platen glass is not damaged even if a force is carelessly exerted thereon. A magnetic interconnection between the plates allows a gap to be selectively provided for smoothly feeding an original. Shock absorbing strips also allow different thickness originals to be fed through the gap.