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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Shigeru Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yamauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeru Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yamauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An original pressing apparatus applicable to, e.g., an original reading apparatus having: an original pressing plate; a hinge unit having a first end supported rotatably with respect to the original pressing plate and a second end rotatably supported by an external device; and a press-fixing unit adapted to prevent rotation between said hinge unit and said original pressing plate by pressing the original pressing plate and the hinge unit into contact in a rotation axial direction, wherein the press-fixing unit is capable of releasing a press-contact state.