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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Eiichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Kawanabe, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Eiichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Kawanabe, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Fujinon Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A support structure for supporting reflectors on a half rate carriage in an image reader has an angle between a reflecting surface of a second reflector and an optical path from a first reflector of a full rate carriage to the second reflector is greater than 45° and less than 90°, for example about 53°, and an angle between the reflecting surface of the second reflector and a reflector of a third reflector is 90°. Thus, the degree of overlaying of the full rate carriage with the half rate carriage is increased and the image reader is miniaturized.