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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akio Kasuga, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Ooishi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/5025 (2013.01); G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); H04N 1/00981 (2013.01); H04N 1/0282 (2013.01); H04N 1/0464 (2013.01); H04N 1/29 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a light emission section including a light emitting element, and a light guiding member configured to irradiate a sheet with light emitted from the light emitting element; a reading section configured to read an image formed on the sheet; a heat dissipation section configured to dissipate heat of the light emitting element; and a cooling section configured to cool the heat dissipation section, in which the light emitting element and the heat dissipation section are disposed at positions outside a sheet passing region of the sheet in the width direction.