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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Hideto Miyanagi, Osaka, JP;
Akizou Ohtani, Osaka, JP;
Hideto Miyanagi, Osaka, JP;
Akizou Ohtani, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An optical reading device includes a housing, a document platen member, a scanning unit, a cable and an insulating sheet. The cable includes a first end which is fixed to the scanning unit, a second end which is fixed to the bottom plate and an intermediate portion which is held in surface contact with the bottom plate and curved and deformed according to a reciprocal movement of the scanning unit. The insulating sheet is interposed between the bottom plate and the intermediate portion of the cable. The housing includes a recess formed in the bottom plate. The insulating sheet covers an opening of the recess, the upper surface thereof is in contact with the intermediate portion of the cable and a space is formed between the lower surface of the insulating sheet and the bottom surface of the recess.