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US 5,311,015 AGranted
Original reading device wherein a frame supports both the original and the reading scanning system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYukitoshi Takeuchi
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Abstract
An original reading device includes an original mount for mounting an original, a reading scanning system for reading the original mounted on the original mount by scanning the original, and a frame for supporting the original mount. The reading scanning system is mounted on the frame at a back side of the frame.
Claims19
An original reading device, comprising:
- an original mount for mounting an original;
- a reading scanning system for reading the original mounted on said original mount by scanning the original;
- and
- a single unitary frame for supporting said original mount, said original mount being directly mounted on said frame and said reading scanning system being directly mounted on said frame at a back side of said frame.
1 more element
An original reading device, comprising:
- a single unitary frame;
- a first scanning unit directly mounted on said frame, and a second scanning unit directly mounted on said frame;
- an original mount directly mounted on said frame;
- a lens cover attached to said frame;
- a base cover unit directly mounted on said frame;
- and
- an upper cover directly mounted on said frame.
4 more elements
A method of using an original reading device, comprising the steps of:
- placing an original on an original mount;
- and
- scanning the original using a reading scanning system;
- wherein the original mount and the reading scanning system are directly mounted on a single unitary frame.
1 more element
A method of assembling an original reading device comprising the steps of:
- mounting a first scanning unit and a second scanning unit directly onto a single unitary frame;
- turning the frame and the components attached thereto;
- mounting an original mount directly onto the frame;
- mounting the frame directly onto a base cover unit;
- and
- mounting an upper cover directly on the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.