Abstract:
The present invention provides an image input apparatus. The image input apparatus includes a board having an image sensor; a supporting member having a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion; a first fastening member; and a second fastening member. The image input apparatus is characterized in that the board is rigidly secured on the first supporting portion of the supporting member with the first fastening member installed in the first supporting portion, and the board is movably supported on the second supporting portion of the supporting member by the second fastening member installed in the second supporting portion.
Abstract:
In an image reading apparatus (1), a plurality of reading sensors (9. 11) extend in a main scanning direction and separated from each other in the main scanning direction so as to be located in a staggered arrangement in which a part of one of the reading sensors (9. 11) in the longitudinal direction faces a part of adjacent one of the reading sensors in a subscanning direction. A first connection member (25) is provided to the part of one of the reading sensors facing the part of the adjacent one of the reading sensors. The first connection member (25) protrudes toward the adjacent one of the reading sensors. A second connection member (27) is provided to the part of the adjacent one of the reading sensors facing the part of the one of the reading sensors. The second connection member (27) protrudes toward the one of the reading sensors. The first and second connection members are brought into contact with each other by being urged by a spring (29).
Abstract:
An original reading unit is provided that is superior in the performance of the adjustment of line sensors. According to the present invention, between a unit base and a transparent original support plate, multiple sensor assemblies are arranged, to form a zigzag pattern, as a first array for reading an original and a second array for reading the original following the first array. Each of the sensor assemblies includes a sensor holder, a line sensor and a focus setup unit. Each of the sensor holders, which serve as fulcrums, are rotatable at a single pivot (a rotation center), along the wall of a unit base that is parallel to the original support plate. When the sensor holders are rotated and positioned at predetermined locations, they are fixed to the wall. The line sensors 51 are held, relative to the sensor holders, in the main scanning direction and in the sub-scanning direction, and are moved in an approaching or separating direction in which the line sensors approach or are separated from the wall and the original support plate. The focus setup units, each of which includes coil springs and spacers, move the line sensors 51 in the approaching or separating direction, and position the line sensors 51 at locations whereat focuses are adjusted.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image reading apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of improving image quality, using a simple configuration. SOLUTION: The image reading apparatus converts a manuscript image read with a reading means into an image signal. The reading means comprises a first and a second reading sensors 9 and 11, disposed in a staggered form so that their longitudinal direction extends along and is separated from a main scanning direction, while a part of the longitudinal direction faces on a sub-scanning direction. One connection member 25 and the other connection member 27, projecting toward the facing reading sensors 9 and 11, are provided at a facing position of the first and the second reading sensors 9 and 11. The one connection member 25 and the other connection member 27 are pressure-welded by being energized by a first spring 26. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
This image reading apparatus, includes: a first retaining member that retains a lens unit; a second retaining member that retains a sensor unit; and a positioning member that sets a relative position between the first retaining member and the second retaining member, wherein the positioning member comprises: a first concave portion that is sagged from a first contact surface to be in contact with the first retaining member; and a second concave portion that is sagged from a second contact surface to be in contact with the second retaining member, and the positioning member is fixed to the first retaining member and the second retaining member by an adhesive filled in the first concave portion and the second concave portion.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a positional change from occurring when an imaging lens and an image sensor are fixed with an adhesive, after being adjusted positionally, in an image reading apparatus.SOLUTION: Concave portions 143a, 143b, 144a and 144b for adhesive filling are provided, which fill an adhesive in position setting members S1 to S4 for setting a positional relation between a first retaining member that retains a lens unit and a second retaining member that retains a sensor unit.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately arrange optical elements at low cost, while arranging a plurality of imaging optical systems, as closely as possible in the subscanning direction. SOLUTION: The reference face 36 side of a holding member 35 is supported by support parts 62 and 63 and a spring 64, and the back side of the reference face 36 is pressurized by pressurizing parts 72 and 73 and a spring 74, and the spring 64 is provided on an elastic member 51 which enables the attitude of the holding member 35 to be adjusted. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for adjusting a distance between an original platen glass and a closely contact image sensor (CIS) without disassembling an image reading apparatus. SOLUTION: A CIS unit 10 is provided with: a CIS 12; and an elastic body 13 for energizing the CIS 12 toward a direction approaching the platen glass 4. A CIS roller holder 20 is provided with a thin plate-like spacer 22 molded in a rectangular shape; and a CIS holder 21 for holding the spacer 22 movably in a vertical direction and a sub-scanning direction for the platen glass 4 and to be fixed on the CIS unit 10. Meanwhile, a concave and a convex which can be mated are formed on a surface where the CIS holder 21 opposes the spacer 22. When the CIS unit 10 moves in the sub-scanning direction and the CIS roller holder 20 abuts on a rib 7a (rib 7b), the convex portion of the CIS holder 21 abuts on the concave portion (convex portion) of the spacer 22, and thus, the distance the platen glass 4 and the CIS 12 becomes the shortest. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract in simplified Chinese:一种扫瞄仪,用以扫瞄一对象,包括一透明盖、一传感设备以及一抵顶结构,透明盖系用以放置上述对象;传感设备设置于透明盖的下方用以扫描对象;抵顶结构设置于传感设备中且包括一接触构件以及一弹性构件,当透明盖抵压接触构件时,弹性构件将连动且变形,进而抵顶传感设备直至传感设备与接触构件相接触,使得传感设备与透明盖保持一既定距离。