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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kohei Otomo, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Ino, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/1013 (2013.01); H04N 1/103 (2013.01); H04N 1/1017 (2013.01); H04N 1/1026 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02495 (2013.01); H04N 2201/046 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0442 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0446 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0458 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reading apparatus includes a reading unit and a movement-restriction unit that restricts a movement of the reading unit. The reading unit includes a reading portion for reading an image, a holding portion that holds the reading portion. The holding portion has a first surface. The reading unit further includes a sliding portion that moves in contact with the movement-restriction unit. The sliding portion has a second surface facing the first surface. A first region is provided between the first surface of the holding portion and the second surface of the sliding portion so as to form a predetermined gap.