Document holding fixture
OwnerHsiu-O Hsuinventor
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Abstract
A document holding fixture for a vertical optical scanner. The fixture has a main body, a transparent panel, four linking bars, a document cover panel, and a document backing plate. The document holding fixture uses a simple four linking bar system to maintain a constant parallelism between the document cover panel and the surface of the transparent panel. Weight of the document cover panel provides necessary pressure to press a scan document firmly onto the glass surface of the transparent panel. To facilitate single hand document insertion, a stationing device is used to freeze the document cover panel when the panel reaches a horizontal position.
Claims21
A scanner, comprising:
- a body having at least two sides;
- two pairs of linking bars, wherein the linking bars of each pair are substantially parallel with respect to one another, said linking bars having a first end and a second end, and wherein the first ends of each respective pair of linking bars are coupled to a respective one of the sides of the body;
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- a cover panel having at least two sides, wherein the second ends of each respective pair of linking bars are coupled to a respective one of the sides of the cover panel.
A scanner, comprising:
- a body comprising a document panel and one or more hinges formed on each side of the document panel;
- a linkage mechanism comprising a plurality of parallel linking bars wherein a first end of the linkage mechanism is configured to attach to the one or more hinges of the body;
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- a cover panel facing the document panel and attaching to a second end of the linkage mechanism.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for supporting a document in a vertically-oriented position on an optical scanner;
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- means for attaching a cover panel to the optical scanner to hold the document in the vertically-oriented position against a document panel of the optical scanner, wherein the cover panel is maintained substantially parallel with the document panel in both an open and closed position.
A scanner, comprising:
- a body having a surface located between at least two sides;
- a plurality of linking bars, the linking bars having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each linking bar is coupled to an associated one of the sides of the body;
- a cover panel having a face located between at least two sides, wherein the second end of each linking bar is coupled to an associated one of the sides of the cover panel;
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- wherein the of linking bars is configured such that the face of the cover panel is maintained substantially parallel with respect to the surface of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.