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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masanori Hamaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a document supporter, a guide, a carriage, and a reader. The carriage has a recessed portion. A first protrusion, a second protrusion, a third protrusion, a fourth protrusion, a fifth protrusion, and a sixth protrusion are provided on the recessed portion. Each of the first protrusion, the second protrusion, the third protrusion, and the fourth protrusion has a distal end portion in a protruding direction thereof, and the distal end portion is in contact with the guide when the carriage is mounted on the guide. A protruding amount of each of the fifth protrusion and the sixth protrusion in a protruding direction thereof is less than that of each of the first protrusion, the second protrusion, the third protrusion, and the fourth protrusion.