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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Takashi Ohama, Iwakura, JP;
Tetsuya Kato, Chiryu, JP;
Hirofumi Oguri, Nagoya, JP;
Yoichi Horaguchi, Tajimi, JP;
Tatsuya Sato, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Takashi Ohama, Iwakura, JP;
Tetsuya Kato, Chiryu, JP;
Hirofumi Oguri, Nagoya, JP;
Yoichi Horaguchi, Tajimi, JP;
Tatsuya Sato, Ichinomiya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device has a CIS unit. The CIS unit is held by a carriage. A compression coil spring that presses the CIS unit toward a contact glass plate is disposed between the bottom surface of the carriage and the bottom surface of the CIS unit. An extension coil spring that pulls the CIS unit toward the carriage is attached between the bottom surface of the carriage and the center portion of the CIS unit.