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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Shigeru Kawasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahara, Urayasu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/024 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/047 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/0249 (2013.01); H04N 1/1017 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02454 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02479 (2013.01); H04N 1/103 (2013.01); H04N 1/1039 (2013.01); H04N 2201/04725 (2013.01); G03G 15/602 (2013.01); H04N 1/1043 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02466 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0464 (2013.01); H04N 1/0473 (2013.01); H04N 1/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a drive unit that is mounted on a carriage having an image reading sensor, which is moved with respect to an original, mounted thereon and moves the carriage. The drive unit includes: a motor; a gear train for transmitting rotation of the motor so as to move the carriage; an encoder sensor for reading a code wheel fixed to a rotary shaft of the motor; and a support member for holding the motor. The encoder sensor is urged against a part of the support member by a resilient member, to be thus fixed to the support member.