US Patent Issued to Canon on July 14 for "Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,079, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Ono (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member on which a sheet is placed, a reading unit including light receiving elements and configured to read an image on the sheet, a shaft member extending in a sub-scanning direction, a holding member including a first hole and configured to hold the reading unit so that the reading unit is movable along the shaft member, a sliding member including a second hole, attached to the holding member, an...