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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Takashi Kainuma, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus () includes a document placing table () to an upper surface of which a contact glass () is fixed, and a document pressing device () supported at an end of the document placing table () to be openable/closable via a hinge portion, and having, on its back surface side, a document presser () that presses a document placed on the contact glass (). The document pressing device () includes a light transmission window () transmitting light in a front-surface-to-back-surface direction of the document pressing device (). The light transmission window () is disposed at a position not overlapping with the contact glass () when the document pressing device () is at the closure position, and when the document pressing device () has moved in an opening direction from the closure position, light that has passed through the light transmission window () reaches the contact glass ().