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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Atsushi Sugai, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Sugai, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device includes a frame, an image reading unit, a guide, a biasing member, and an adjuster. The image reading unit reads, while moving in a predetermined direction, image information of a document placed on an exposure glass. The guide extends in the predetermined direction and is supported by the frame, to engage and guide the image reading unit to move the image reading unit in the predetermined direction. The biasing member biases the guide in a direction against a direction in which the guide bends due to weight of the guide and weight of the image reading unit. The adjuster adjusts a biasing force of the biasing member against the guide.