IP Library Granted Patent US 9,706,072
Granted Patent B2
US 9,706,072 · App. 13/584,298 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus

Inventor: Takeshi Sasaki (Tsukuba, JP)
Assignee: CANON FINETECH INC.
H04N1/028
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Patent No.
US 9,706,072
App. No.
13/584,298
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image reading apparatus, including: a light source; a reflection member changing a traveling direction of the light reflected from an original; an optical system imaging the light; a photoelectric converter receiving the light from the optical system to convert the light into an electric signal; and a light passing and blocking member disposed between the optical system and the photoelectric converter, and provided with an aperture through which the light from the optical system imaged on the photoelectric converter passes, the blocking member blocking non-convergent light which is not imaged on the photoelectric converter, wherein the blocking member has an inclined surface surrounding the aperture so that the aperture gets smaller from the optical system toward the photoelectric converter, and a hypothetical extension plane extending from the inclined surface toward the photoelectric converter intersects with an optical axis of the optical system without intersecting with photoelectric converter.

Claims (15)

1. An image reading apparatus, comprising:

a light source configured to emit light toward an original;

an optical system configured to guide a reflection light of the light emitted toward the original;

a light receiving portion configured to receive the light from the optical system; and

an aperture portion disposed between the optical system and the light receiving portion and configured to guide the light from the optical system to the light receiving portion, the aperture portion having a light blocking part including an inclined surface provided in a periphery of the aperture portion, the inclined surface being inclined so that an aperture of the aperture portion gets smaller toward the light receiving portion, wherein

an inclined angle of the inclined surface is set at a predetermined angle so as to prevent light of the optical system that is reflected from the inclined surface from arriving at the light receiving portion.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light blocking part covers the light receiving portion so as to prevent light other than the light passing through the optical system from arriving at the light receiving portion.

3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light receiving portion is fixed to a substrate, and the light blocking part is integrally fixed to the substrate.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a support member configured to fix the optical system, wherein

the aperture portion fixes the support member so that the aperture portion positions the optical system via the support member.

5. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

an image forming portion configured to form an image; and

the image reading apparatus as recited in claim 1 .

6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a hypothetical extension plane extending from the inclined surface toward the light receiving portion does not intersect with the light receiving portion.

7. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system is configured to condense and image the reflection light onto the light receiving portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 2, 2017
From: CANON FINETECH INC.
To: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
Reel/Frame 043167/0514 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2012
From: SASAKI, TAKESHI
To: CANON FINETECH INC.
Reel/Frame 028809/0870 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-189836 · Aug 31, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130050781A1 · Feb 28, 2013