IP Library Granted Patent US 12697826
Granted Patent B2
US 12697826 · App. 18/912,888 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Image reading device

Inventor: Toshimitsu Ohara (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J11/18B41J11/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12697826
App. No.
18/912,888
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure includes a cover portion configured to be switchable between a closed state, and an open state, and a pressing portion provided at the cover portion, and configured to press an original document placed at the original document platen when the cover portion is in the closed state, the pressing portion includes an elastic portion bonded to a bottom portion of the cover portion, a sheet material attached to the elastic portion, and coming into contact with the original document placed at the original document platen when the cover portion is in the closed state, a bonding portion for bonding the cover portion and the elastic portion, a bonding inhibiting portion interposed between the bonding portion and the cover portion, and inhibiting the bonding between the cover portion and the elastic portion, and the bonding inhibiting portion is provided at an end portion of the bonding portion.

Claims (33)

1 . An image reading device, comprising:

an original document platen at which an original document is placeable;

a reading unit configured to read the original document placed at the original document platen;

a cover portion configured to be switchable between a closed state for covering the original document platen, and an open state for opening the original document platen; and

a pressing portion provided at the cover portion, and configured to press the original document placed at the original document platen when the cover portion is in the closed state, wherein

the pressing portion has a longitudinal direction and a short direction,

the pressing portion includes

an elastic portion bonded to a bottom portion of the cover portion,

a sheet material attached to the elastic portion, and coming into contact with the original document placed at the original document platen when the cover portion is in the closed state,

a bonding portion for bonding the cover portion and the elastic portion, and

a bonding inhibiting portion interposed between the bonding portion and the cover portion, and inhibiting the bonding between the cover portion and the elastic portion, the bonding inhibiting portion having a length along the longitudinal direction shorter than an entire length of the bonding portion extending along the longitudinal direction, and

the bonding inhibiting portion is provided at an end portion of the bonding portion.

2 . The image reading device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bonding portion extends in the longitudinal direction, and

the bonding inhibiting portion is provided at at least one of one end portion and another end portion in the longitudinal direction of the bonding portion.

3 . The image reading device according to claim 2 , wherein

the bottom portion of the cover portion includes a rib bonded to the bonding portion and extending along the longitudinal direction, and

a plurality of the ribs are provided at intervals in the short direction.

4 . The image reading device according to claim 3 , wherein

the bonding portion extends along the rib of the cover portion, and

the bonding inhibiting portion overlaps the rib.

5 . The image reading device according to claim 2 , wherein

a plurality of the bonding portions are provided at intervals in the short direction.

6 . The image reading device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bonding inhibiting portion includes a sheet material.

7 . The image reading device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cover portion includes a conveyance unit configured to convey the original document.

8 . The image reading device according to claim 7 , wherein

the cover portion includes a detachable portion that is detachable, and at least a part of the pressing portion overlaps at least a part of the detachable portion when viewed from a normal direction relative to a surface of the sheet material.

9 . The image reading device according to claim 8 , wherein

the detachable portion is the reading unit.

10 . A recording device, comprising:

a device main body including a recording unit that performs recording on a medium; and the image reading device according to claim 1 provided at an upper portion of the device main body.