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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Applicants:
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Hiromi Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;
Hiromi Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/193 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00997 (2013.01); H04N 1/1017 (2013.01); H04N 1/193 (2013.01); H04N 1/0083 (2013.01); H04N 1/103 (2013.01); H04N 2201/03166 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reader is provided, which includes a housing, a document table, a reading unit disposed between the housing and the document table and configured to read an image of a document sheet on the document table, and a carriage configured to hold the reading unit and move along a moving direction, the carriage including a protruding portion formed to protrude toward the reading unit, on a bottom surface of the carriage that faces a lower surface of the reading unit.