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Total contact type photoelectric conversion device and optical reader using the same

US4805032A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1988
Grant dateFeb 14, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/0313
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A total contact type photoelectric conversion device comprises a substrate having an optically transparent portion, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements formed in a line on the substrate, and a cover layer covering the plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements and having a roller load region within which the cover layer is to make contact with a sheet partially wrapped around a peripheral surface of a roller for feeding the sheet in a sub-scanning direction. The plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are aligned in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction and are located outside the roller load region. Therefore, incident light passing through the device is reflected on a position on the sheet outside the roller load region.

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