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US 2016/0112597 A1Published application
Biased document backing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRyan M. Smith, Gustaf L. Belt, Kevin L. Bokelman
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Abstract
A document backing extending in a plane is resiliently biased in a direction substantially parallel to the plane.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An apparatus comprising:
- a platen having a flat planar transparent face;
- a first surface projecting from the face oblique to the face;
- a second surface projecting from the face oblique to the face perpendicular to the first surface to form a corner adjacent the face;
- a flatbed image capture lid movable between a withdrawn position facilitating positioning of the document upon the face and a deployed position extending over the face, the lid comprising a document backing such that during movement of the lid from the withdrawn position to the deployed position, the document backing contacts the first surface and the second surface such that the first surface and the second surface move the document backing in a direction parallel to the face.
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A method comprising:
- lowering a lid from a withdrawn position to a deployed position opposite to a transparent face of a platen, the lid carrying a document backing;
- during the lowering of the lid, engaging the document backing with a first surface and a second surface, the first surface obliquely projecting from the transparent face and the second surface obliquely projecting from the transparent face perpendicular to the first surface to form a corner, wherein the document backing is moved by the first surface and the second surface in a direction parallel to the face.
An apparatus comprising:
- a platen having a flat planar transparent face;
- a flatbed image capture lid movable between a withdrawn position facilitating positioning of the document upon the face and a deployed position extending over the face, the lid comprising a document backing that floats in a plane parallel to the face during movement of the lid to the deployed position;
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- a bias resiliently biasing the document backing in a direction parallel to the face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.