IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An image reading apparatus configured to read an image of an original, the image reading apparatus comprising:
- a light source configured to irradiate the original with light;
an optical system configured to condense and image a light beam emitted from the light source and reflected from a surface of the original;
a substrate member having a photoelectric conversion unit arranged in an imaging position of the optical system;
a fixing member fixed to the substrate member;
a support member configured to support the optical system; and
an adhesive bonding the fixing member and the support member together,wherein one of the support member and the fixing member has a protruding portion which protrudes toward other of the support member and the fixing member,wherein the other of the support member and the fixing member has a recessed portion which is opposed to the protruding portion,wherein the protruding portion is arranged to protrude in the recessed portion in a non-contact state to maintain a gap between the protruding portion and the recessed portion, andwherein the adhesive is applied to the gap between the protruding portion and the recessed portion.
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus configured to read an image of an original, including: a light source configured to irradiate the original with light; an optical system configured to condense and image a light beam from the light source reflected from the original; a substrate member having a photoelectric conversion unit; a fixing member fixed to the substrate member; a support member configured to support the optical system; and an adhesive bonding the fixing member and the support member together, wherein one of the support member and the fixing member has a protruding portion which protrudes toward the other of the support member and the fixing member, the other has a recessed portion opposed to the protruding portion, the protruding portion protrudes in the recessed portion in a non-contact state to maintain a gap between the protruding portion and the recessed portion, and the adhesive is applied to the gap.
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12 Claims
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1. An image reading apparatus configured to read an image of an original, the image reading apparatus comprising:
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a light source configured to irradiate the original with light; an optical system configured to condense and image a light beam emitted from the light source and reflected from a surface of the original; a substrate member having a photoelectric conversion unit arranged in an imaging position of the optical system; a fixing member fixed to the substrate member; a support member configured to support the optical system; and an adhesive bonding the fixing member and the support member together, wherein one of the support member and the fixing member has a protruding portion which protrudes toward other of the support member and the fixing member, wherein the other of the support member and the fixing member has a recessed portion which is opposed to the protruding portion, wherein the protruding portion is arranged to protrude in the recessed portion in a non-contact state to maintain a gap between the protruding portion and the recessed portion, and wherein the adhesive is applied to the gap between the protruding portion and the recessed portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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