READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

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APP PUB NO 20220345582A1
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17685417

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According to an embodiment, a reading device that reads an object to be read in an image forming apparatus includes a lens array and a light guide. The lens array is provided in a posture in which an optical axis follows a height direction intersecting a reading surface. The light guide is adjacent to the lens array in a sub-scanning direction intersecting both the height direction and a main scanning direction, and locates maximum illuminance of illumination light illuminating the object to be read on a side opposite to the lens array with respect to a deepest position of a depth of field of the lens array in the height direction.

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TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA1-11-1 OSAKI SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO

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Shiraishi, Takashi Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP 239 1911

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