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US 6,330,084 B1Granted
Flatbed scanner with a self-driven scanning module
AssigneePrimax Electronics Ltd.
InventorTe-Ming Chiang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image scanner with a self-driven scanning module. The scanner comprises a housing having a transparent platform on its top for placing a document, a track mechanism installed inside the housing along a front-and-rear direction of the housing, a scanning module mounted on the track mechanism slidable along the front-and-rear direction for scanning the document, and a driving device installed on the scanning module having a roller wheel and a motor for driving the roller wheel to move the scanning module back and forth along the track mechanism.
Claims16
A scanner comprising:
- a housing having a transparent platform on its top for placing a document, and a protruding ridge along a front-and-rear direction of the housing;
- a track mechanism installed inside the housing along the front-and-rear direction of the housing;
- a scanning module mounted on the track mechanism slidable along the front-and-rear direction for scanning the document;
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- a driving device having a roller wheel installed on the scanning module and rotatably interacted with the protruding ridge, and a motor installed on the scanning module for driving the roller wheel to move the scanning module back and forth along the track mechanism to scan the document.
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A scanner comprising:
- a housing having a transparent platform on its top for placing a document;
- a track mechanism installed inside the housing along a front-and-rear direction of the housing;
- a scanning module mounted on the track mechanism slidable along the front-and-rear direction for scanning the document;
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- a driving device having a roller wheel installed on the scanning module and in contact with the track mechanism and a motor installed on the scanning module for driving the roller wheel to move the scanning module back and forth along the track mechanism to scan the document;
- wherein the track mechanism is installed below the middle portion of the scanning module and the track mechanism comprises two sliding grooves installed on its left and right sides, and wherein the scanning module comprises two sliding means for slidingly engaging the two sliding grooves of the track mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.