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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Ishikawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Ishikawa, JP;
Assignee:
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/193 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/1215 (2013.01); H04N 1/193 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0446 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an image reader unit that has a plurality of light receiving elements for reading an image on an original, and moves relative to a frame for applying a pressing force to a read-target surface of the original; and a driven roller that is rotatable, comes into contact with the original, and moves relative to the frame and independent of the image reader unit in a direction in which the image reader unit applies the pressing force to the original, thereby applying a pressing force to the original independent of the image reader unit.