Image scanner
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorYuukichi Morita
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Abstract
An automatic-paper-feed-type document scanning mechanism is disposed on flat-bed-type document scanning mechanism and discharges documents onto the document holding cover of the flat-bed-type document scanning mechanism. The document holding cover includes a groove formed in the document holding cover and a stopper member fitted therein. The groove extends in the document transport direction and has a first engagement portion on its side wall. The stopper member has a base portion which has a second engagement portion that can be engaged with the first engagement portion and can be moved along the document transport direction while being guided by the groove, and a vertical portion projecting perpendicular from the base portion.
Claims12
An image scanner, comprising:
- a flat-bed-type document scanning mechanism having a document holding cover;
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- an automatic-paper-feed-type document scanning mechanism disposed on a flat-bed-type document scanning mechanism, the automatic-paper-feed-type document scanning mechanism discharging documents onto the document holding cover,
- wherein the document holding cove further includes:
- a groove extending in the document transport direction and having a first engagement portion on a side wall;
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- a stopper member having a base portion and a vertical portion, the base portion having a second engagement portion that can be engaged with the first engagement portion and can be moved along the document transport direction while being guided by the groove, and the vertical portion projecting perpendicular from the base portion and stopping the document transported from the automatic-paper-feed-type document scanning mechanism.
An image scanner, comprising:
- a flat-bed-type document scanning mechanism having a document holding cover;
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- an automatic-paper-feed-type document scanning mechanism disposed on the flat-bed-type document scanning mechanism, the automatic-paper-feed-type document scanning mechanism discharging documents onto the document holding cover,
- wherein the document holding cover serves as a document receipt and has a concave shape concavely curved toward the document transport direction and provided at an upper end in the document transport direction of the document holding cover.
An image scanner, comprising:
- a flat-bed-type document scanning mechanism having a document holding cover;
- an automatic-paper-feed-type document scanning mechanism;
- arm members provided at an end portion of the document holding cover and being projected outward and upward, each of the arm members having a through-hole at its distal end;
- rotary shaft members, each having a slider portion, and a cylindrical portion which projects from the slider portion and is rotatably inserted into the through-hole of the corresponding arm member;
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- a cover member for covering the joint portion between the two document scanning mechanisms, the cover member having first cut-out spaces which extend vertically and accommodate the arm members, and second cut-out spaces which extend vertically and accommodate the rotary shaft members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.