A digital camera including a printer includes a transport roller pair that transports an instant film, an exposure unit that exposes an image onto the instant film, a spreading roller pair that spreads a developer into a gap of the instant film by crushing a developer pod of the exposed instant film, a spreading control member that is positioned between the transport roller pair and the spreading roller pair, extends in a width direction of the instant film, and controls the developer spread into the gap, and a mechanical switch that is positioned near the spreading control member.

An image scanning device includes a placement-area image data capturing unit that captures placement-area image data corresponding to an area where documents are placed on a platen, a document image data capturing unit that captures pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and acquires positions of the pieces of document image data, in accordance with the placement-area image data captured by the placement-area image data capturing unit, a placement order acquiring unit that acquires an order in which the documents, each of which corresponds to one of the pieces of document image data, have been placed in accordance with at least the positions of the pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and a sequencing unit that assigns to the pieces of document image data the order acquired by the placement order acquiring unit.

A holding apparatus includes a holding portion that includes a first member which contacts a portion of an object, a second member which at least a portion thereof is fixed to a base, and a connection member which is configured to connect the first and second members, and a driving unit which drives the holding portion to change at least a posture of the first member, wherein a relative positional relationship between the first member and the second member is changed via the connection member.

An image reading device includes a rotating magnet unit (42) that rotates in interlock with opening and closing of a document pressing unit (2) and has a magnetic pole of an N pole and a magnetic pole of a S pole disposed at different phase positions in a rotation direction, a magnetic sensor (43) having a magnetic detection part (43a) that is installed in a reading unit or a movable body moving in a sub-scanning direction in interlock with the reading unit, and faces a peripheral surface of the rotating magnet unit (42) only when the reading unit is in a predetermined home position, and a determination unit that determines an opening and closing state of the document pressing unit (2) and determines whether the reading unit is in the predetermined home position on the basis of an output signal from the magnetic sensor (43).

An image reading device includes a rotating magnet unit (42) that rotates in interlock with opening and closing of a document pressing unit (2) and has a magnetic pole of an N pole and a magnetic pole of a S pole disposed at different phase positions in a rotation direction, a magnetic sensor (43) having a magnetic detection part (43a) that is installed in a reading unit or a movable body moving in a sub-scanning direction in interlock with the reading unit, and faces a peripheral surface of the rotating magnet unit (42) only when the reading unit is in a predetermined home position, and a determination unit that determines an opening and closing state of the document pressing unit (2) and determines whether the reading unit is in the predetermined home position on the basis of an output signal from the magnetic sensor (43).

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance roller to convey a sheet, and a drive transmission mechanism to transmit a driving force from a driving source to the conveyance roller. The drive transmission mechanism includes a shaft, a first rotary member supported on the shaft, a second rotary member supported on the shaft and connected to the conveyance roller, and a coupling member engaged with the first rotary member and rotated integrally with the first rotary member. The coupling member is movable along the shaft between a coupling position, at which the coupling member engages with the second rotary member such that it rotates integrally with the first rotary member, and a release position, at which the coupling member is separated from the second rotary member such that a relative rotation of the second rotary member with respect to the first rotary member is permitted.

A document pressing unit is openable with respect to an apparatus body including a placement portion on which a document is placed, and is configured to press the document from above. The document pressing unit includes a body frame, a pair of hinge units, a pair of metal fixing members, and fastening screws. The body frame is able to press the document. The hinge units respectively include hinge legs mounted on the apparatus body, and are mounted with a certain distance in a left-right direction on a rear end of the body frame to openably support the body frame with respect to the apparatus body. The fixing members fix the hinge units to the body frame, respectively. The fastening screws fasten the fixing member and the hinge unit through the body frame so that the fixing member and the hinge unit sandwich the body frame in an up-down direction.

An image scanning device includes a placement-area image data capturing unit that captures placement-area image data corresponding to an area where documents are placed on a platen, a document image data capturing unit that captures pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and acquires positions of the pieces of document image data, in accordance with the placement-area image data captured by the placement-area image data capturing unit, a placement order acquiring unit that acquires an order in which the documents, each of which corresponds to one of the pieces of document image data, have been placed in accordance with at least the positions of the pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and a sequencing unit that assigns to the pieces of document image data the order acquired by the placement order acquiring unit.

An image scanning device includes a placement-area image data capturing unit that captures placement-area image data corresponding to an area where documents are placed on a platen, a document image data capturing unit that captures pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and acquires positions of the pieces of document image data, in accordance with the placement-area image data captured by the placement-area image data capturing unit, a placement order acquiring unit that acquires an order in which the documents, each of which corresponds to one of the pieces of document image data, have been placed in accordance with at least the positions of the pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and a sequencing unit that assigns to the pieces of document image data the order acquired by the placement order acquiring unit.

Provided is a manufacturing method of a sheet-through image reading apparatus, including a first step of preparing a contact glass, a second step of bonding, after the first step, a heat-resistant and insulative sheet-shaped material to a predetermined position on a major surface of the contact glass, as a transport guide member, a third step of executing plasma processing on the major surface of the contact glass after the second step, a fourth step of executing a fluorine coating on the major surface of the contact glass after the third step, a fifth step of sintering the contact glass after the fourth step, and a sixth step of fixing the contact glass to a casing of the image reading apparatus, after the fifth step.