Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image scanning device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像扫描装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12805608Application Date: 2010-08-10
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Publication No.: US08373910B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Takeshi Iwasaki , Hiroshi Takahashi , Kazushi Takei , Norikazu Taki , Hideaki Suzuki
- Applicant: Takeshi Iwasaki , Hiroshi Takahashi , Kazushi Takei , Norikazu Taki , Hideaki Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-203733 20090903
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04

Abstract:
An image scanning device includes a base part; and multiple image sensors each including a substrate, a line sensor including scanning elements arranged on the substrate, and a holder for holding the substrate. The base part holds the image sensors such that the scanning elements of an image sensor partly overlap the scanning elements of an adjacent image sensor in the main-scanning direction. The coefficients of linear expansion of the substrate and the base part are substantially the same; the holder and the base part are fixed together at a first fixing point; the holder and the substrate are fixed together at a second fixing point; and the distance in the main-scanning direction between the first fixing point and the second fixing point and the direction of the second fixing point with respect to the first fixing point are the same for all the image sensors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110051200A1 Image scanning device and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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