Image reading apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9013733
APP PUB NO 20140168686A1
SERIAL NO

14038939

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An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit which reads an image on a document while being conveyed, a cover movable between an opened position where the reading unit is opened and a closed position where the reading unit is covered, a metal pressing member held by the cover and configured to face the reading unit and press the document toward the reading unit when the cover is at the closed position, a metal frame supporting the conveyor and configured to face the pressing member when the cover is at the closed position, and a ground member directly connected to the frame and configured to be separated from the pressing member when the cover is at the opened position, and to be in contact with the pressing member when the cover is at the closed position.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujiwara, Takashi Nagakute, JP 136 955

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