Photographic print feeder for scanner or copier
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorDavid D. Bohn
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Abstract
In general, the present invention provides an efficient and effective means for positioning multiple documents over a scanning surface of a scanner or copier without a user's intervention. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus and process for allowing a plurality of photographic prints to be moved from a tray to a scanning surface and back to the tray without being damaged. Each document is scanned through a transparent belt that protects the document as it moves through the inventive photofeeder and across an associated surface of a scanner or copier.
Claims14
An apparatus for positioning a plurality of documents over a scanning surface, comprising:
- a peripheral device having a scanning surface;
- a component housing positioned over the scanning surface and comprising:
- an inner belt;
- an outer belt that interacts with the inner belt adjacent the scanning surface;
- a belt motor for circulating the inner belt;
- a tray for containing the plurality of documents;
- a roller sensor to indicate when the tray contains a document;
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- a roller motor for moving each document of the plurality of documents contained by the tray to a location where the inner and outer belts can interact with the document.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the casing further including a tray door and at least one system operation indicator.
An apparatus for positioning a plurality of documents over a scanning surface, comprising:
- a peripheral device having a scanning surface;
- a component housing positioned over the scanning surface and comprising:
- an inner belt;
- an outer belt that interacts with the inner belt adjacent the scanning surface;
- a belt motor for circulating the inner belt;
- a tray for containing the plurality of documents;
- a sensor to indicate when each document that has been positioned over the scanning surface has returned to the tray;
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- a roller motor for moving each document of the plurality of documents contained by the tray to a location where the inner and outer belts can interact with the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.