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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Takashi Ohama, Iwakura, JP;
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Takahiro Ikeno, Owariasahi, JP;
Akihiro Sakakibara, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Ohama, Iwakura, JP;
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Takahiro Ikeno, Owariasahi, JP;
Akihiro Sakakibara, Toyota, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image reader has an image sensor; a carriage; a positioning portion formed at a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of the image sensor with respect to a reference position of the image sensor; a connector portion to which an electric cable is connected and which is provided between an end of the carriage and one end in the longitudinal direction of a case of the image sensor; and an engaging portion formed in the carriage. In the image recording apparatus, since the positioning portion is engaged with the engaging portion, it is possible to use a common carriage for a plurality of types of image sensors, and an operation of connecting the electric cable becomes simple.