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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiyuki Heishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehisa Shimazu, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiyuki Heishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehisa Shimazu, Kanagawa, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a transmitting glass; and a step member that is located upstream of a reading position, at which an image of a conveyed document is read by a reading unit via a transmitting glass, in a conveying direction of the document, and has a document guiding surface at a position away from a surface of a transmitting glass by a prescribed distance and forms a step between the document guiding surface and the transmitting glass. The step member is provided with a protrusion protruding downstream in the conveying direction of the document to form space between the transmitting glass and a downstream part of the step member in the conveying direction of the document.