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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2010
Yuichi Mikuni, Kanagawa, JP;
Yongho Choi, Incheon, KR;
Hiroaki Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Mikuni, Kanagawa, JP;
YongHo Choi, Incheon, KR;
Hiroaki Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reader includes a cabinet and an optical system. The cabinet has four plate members fixed to each other by laser welding from a side direction of the image reader and has a bottom wall fixed to the four plate members by laser welding from a side direction or a lower direction of the image reader. The cabinet has a first opening for a document read window opening toward an upper direction of the image reader. Each of the plate members is bended in letter L shape to form an upper end part and a side wall. The optical system is housed in the cabinet for reading an image of a document through the opening.