Image processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9357090-B2
Application number	US-201514664708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

An image processing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a moving body, a housing, a support portion, and a first contact portion. The moving body is composed of a resin member and has a surface on which a holding plate which holds an electric component used for image processing is mounted. The housing includes a pair of side walls between which the moving body is housed therein. The support portion is provided to the housing and configured to support the moving body such that the moving body is movable in a predetermined moving direction. The first contact portion is provided to the moving body, and is configured to be contactable with a contacted portion within the housing prior to the holding plate when the moving body reaches a contact position where it is possible to contact with the contacted portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image processing device comprising:
a moving body composed of a resin member, the moving body having an upper surface on which a holding plate which holds an electric component used for image processing is mounted, the moving body being formed in a shape which is elongated in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a predetermined moving direction;
a housing including a pair of side walls between which the moving body is housed therein;
a support portion provided to the housing, the support portion being configured to support the moving body such that the moving body is movable in a predetermined moving direction;
a contacted portion provided on an inner surface of each of the pair of side walls in the housing; and
a first contact portion provided to the moving body, the first contact portion being contactable with the contacted portion within the housing prior to the holding plate when the moving body reaches a contact position where it is possible to contact with the contacted portion, wherein
the first contact portion is provided on a side surface of the moving body at the moving direction side,
the contacted portion is a projection rib which projects from the inner surface of each side wall in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface and which is brought into contact with the first contact portion without being brought into contact with the holding plate when the moving body reaches the contact position,
the moving body includes a guide hole provided at one end thereof in the longitudinal direction and a supported portion provided at a lower surface at another end thereof in the longitudinal direction,
the support portion includes: a support shaft which is provided so as to extend between the pair of side walls and is inserted through the guide hole; and a support rail which is long in the moving direction and configured to support the supported portion such that the supported portion is slidable in the moving direction,
the image processing device further comprises:
a sheet placement plate which is mounted on an upper portion of the housing and on which a sheet member which is an image processing target is placed; and
a plurality of second contact portions provided to the upper surface of the moving body, the second contact portions being contactable with the sheet placement plate prior to the holding plate when the moving body rotates upward about the support shaft, and

the second contact portions are projections that are provided at a center of an edge portion at one side in a lateral direction of the moving body, at a center of an edge portion at the other side in the lateral direction of the moving body, and at both ends, in the longitudinal direction, of the edge portion at the other side, respectively, the second contact portions projecting upward from the upper surface of the moving body beyond the holding plate such that a predetermined gap is formed between the sheet placement plate and projection ends of the second contact portions.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact portion is a projection which projects from the side surface of the moving body in a direction perpendicular to the side surface and extends to a position beyond the holding plate.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the moving body is a carriage of a reading unit configured to perform scanning in the moving direction to read a predetermined image during the image processing.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Hozono Tomohide

Classifications

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N1/00557

  Connection or assembly of components or elements (H04N1/00538 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/1061

  Details relating to flat picture-bearing surfaces, e.g. transparent platen · CPC title

• H04N1/00559

  Mounting or support of components or elements (H04N1/00538 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/00549 Primary

  Counter-measures for mechanical vibration not otherwise provided for · CPC title