IP Library Patent Application 17146456
Patent Application
App. No. 17/146,456

LIGHT-SHIELDING MEMBER, READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

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App. No.
17/146,456
Abstract

A light-shielding member includes: plural light-shielding portions that extend in one direction and in which plural cylindrical through-holes which extend in an intersection direction intersecting the one direction and through which light passes are formed, the plural light-shielding portions being arranged in the one direction so that end portions of adjacent light-shielding portions overlap with each other in the intersection direction; and a fixing material that fixes the plural light-shielding portions to a housing in which an opening portion which opens in the intersection direction is formed so that the opening portion and the through-hole face each other in the intersection direction.

Claims (22)

1 . A light-shielding member comprising:

a plurality of light-shielding portions that extend in one direction and in which a plurality of cylindrical through-holes which extend in an intersection direction intersecting the one direction and through which light passes are formed, the plurality of light-shielding portions being arranged in the one direction so that end portions of adjacent light-shielding portions overlap with each other in the intersection direction; and

a fixing material that fixes the plurality of light-shielding portions to a housing in which an opening portion which opens in the intersection direction is formed so that the opening portion and the through-hole face each other in the intersection direction.

2 . The light-shielding member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the end portions of the adjacent light-shielding portions have portions which overlap with each other in the intersection direction over an entire area in another intersection direction intersecting the one direction and the intersection direction.

3 . The light-shielding member according to claim 2 ,

wherein a first projection projecting in the one direction is formed at one side portion in the intersection direction at one end of the light-shielding portion in the one direction, and a second projection projecting in the one direction is formed at the other side portion in the intersection direction at the other end of the light-shielding portion in the one direction, and

the first projection of one light-shielding portion and the second projection of another light-shielding portion adjacent to the one light-shielding portion overlap with each other in the intersection direction.

4 . The light-shielding member according to claim 3 ,

wherein an intersection surface facing the intersection direction is formed on the second projection side of the first projection and on the first projection side of the second projection.

5 . The light-shielding member according to claim 2 ,

wherein a pair of first projections projecting in the one direction are formed at both side portions in the intersection direction at one end of the light-shielding portion in the one direction, and a second projection projecting in the one direction is formed at a central side portion in the intersection direction at the other end of the light-shielding portion in the one direction, and

the first projection of one light-shielding portion and the second projection of another light-shielding portion adjacent to the one light-shielding portion overlap with each other in the intersection direction.

6 . The light-shielding member according to claim 5 ,

wherein an intersection surface facing the intersection direction is formed on the first projection side of the second projection.

7 . A reading apparatus comprising:

the light-shielding member according to claim 1 ;

an optical member in which a plurality of lenses to which light passing through the through-hole of the light-shielding member is incident are formed; and

a substrate that includes an element which receives the light passing through the lens of the optical member.

8 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

the reading apparatus according to claim 7 ; and

a transfer apparatus that transfers an image read by the reading apparatus to a recording medium.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056237/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: MAEDA, HIROSHI; SAWADA, HIROSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054992/0256 →