Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lighting device and image reading device
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Application No.: US14984380Application Date: 2015-12-30
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Publication No.: US09614993B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Masahiko Tanaka , Satoko Ohzawa
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2015-000620 20150106
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04 ; F21V8/00 ; G02B6/00

Abstract:
A lighting device includes: a point light source; a light guide body which emits light from the point light source in a linear manner; and a connecting member provided on an end on a side of the point light source of the light guide body, wherein the light guide body includes a plurality of rods and a branching unit which branches an entering light beam, the connecting member includes a hole penetrating the connecting member, and the hole becomes wider toward the light guide body and a side surface of the hole inclines with respect to an extending direction of the rods such that a portion in which the light beam reflected by the side surface to enter the light guide body is concentrated on the reflecting surface and a portion in which the light beam is concentrated on the reflecting surface are not overlapped with other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160198060A1 LIGHTING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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