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US 6,556,314 B1Granted
Facsimile
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenichi Shiraishi, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Hiroaki Takeshima, Mamoru Fujii, Akihiko Kumagai
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Abstract
A facsimile provided with a easily detachable scanner disclosed. When a button 7 provided in a panel 6 of a facsimile body F is pushed, lower a right end 10R of a release lever 10 is depressed, and the release lever 10 is turned on a pivot 10C to raise its left end 10L, thereby boosting a bottom 11 of the scanner S. In consequence thereof, the scanner S is ached from the facsimile body F.
Claims10
A facsimile provided with a detachable scanner, said facsimile comprising:
- a locking pawl for locking said scanner under biasing force of an elastic member to hold said scanner in a facsimile body, and
- a release lever for unlocking said scanner against the biasing force of said elastic member,
- wherein the scanner has a notch for receiving a tongue of the locking pawl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.