Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Illuminating device, image-reading apparatus comprising the illuminating device, and image-forming apparatus comprising the image-reading apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 照明装置,包括照明装置的图像读取装置和包括图像读取装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12980404Application Date: 2010-12-29
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Publication No.: US08515313B2Publication Date: 2013-08-20
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Suto , Tomohiko Okada , Mitsuharu Yoshimoto , Shohichi Fukutome , Kenji Nakanishi , Hisashi Yamanaka
- Applicant: Yasuhiro Suto , Tomohiko Okada , Mitsuharu Yoshimoto , Shohichi Fukutome , Kenji Nakanishi , Hisashi Yamanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2010-000811 20100105
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04

Abstract:
An illuminating device includes a light-emitting element that is mounted on a base material and a light-guiding member that guides light from the light-emitting element to an irradiation target, and illuminates the irradiation target with the light transmitted through the light-guiding member. The light-guiding member includes an extending portion that extends from the surface of the base material on which the light-emitting element is mounted to a left side end portion of the base material so as to cover the left side end portion. An image-reading includes this illuminating device. Image-forming apparatus includes this image-reading apparatus.
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