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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Pfu Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Ryo Hayashi, Ishikawa, JP;
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus comprises a housing to block ambient light and including a rectangular opening on a bottom, an image capturing unit to capture an image of a medium in the opening, and a plurality of light sources disposed in the housing and emitting light to irradiate different areas of the opening. The housing includes four cover portions corresponding to sides of the rectangular opening. The four cover portions include a pair of inclined-cover portions which are switched between an open state and a folded state and a pair of connecting-cover portions which connect the two inclined-cover portions. The two connecting-cover portions are connected to the inclined-cover portions in a transformable manner, and when the two inclined-cover portions are in the folded state, the connecting-cover portions enter gap between the inclined-cover portions by being transformed with respect to the inclined-cover portions.