Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16519370Application Date: 2019-07-23
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Publication No.: US10674032B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Takatsugu Nakamura
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@33c36bd6
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04 ; H04N1/203 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes: a conveying roller; a conveyance guide configured to guide an original to a conveyance path, the conveyance guide including a hole in which the conveying roller is disposed; a first image reading portion configured to read an image on a first side of the original; a second image reading portion configured to read an image on a second side of the original, the second image reading portion disposed below the conveyance guide; a transparent member provided on a position apart from the second image reading portion; and a dustproof member configured to trap a foreign substance falling through a gap between the conveyance guide and the conveying roller at the hole, wherein the dustproof member partitions a space between the conveyance guide and the second image reading portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200036855A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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