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US 7,599,103 B2Granted
Optical carriage of scanner and method of the same
OwnerTsung-Yin Chen, Chun-I Hsiaoinventors
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Abstract
An optical carriage of scanner has a mirror assembly and a device assembly, the mirror assembly has a mirror mount, some mirror holder, and some supporters, and the device assembly has a chassis. In this invention, the mirror assembly and the device assembly are mechanically connected after separately formation. Further, to ensure correct shape of these mirror holders and these supporters, they could be formed by metal punch, plastic ejection, or plastic process.
Claims22
A mirror carriage, comprising:
- at least one set of supporters contacting a mirror at three or more points;
- and
- at least one mirror holder comprising at least a first and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal contacts a first surface of the mirror and the second terminal contacts a second surface of the mirror, and wherein the mirror holder is configured to cooperate with the at least one set of supporters to fix the mirror in place.
A scanner, comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- an optical assembly positioned in the chassis, wherein the optical assembly includes:
- at least one supporter configured to contact a mirror at three or more points;
- and
- at least one mirror holder comprising at least a first and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is configured to contact a first surface of a mirror and the second terminal is configured to contact a second surface of the mirror, and wherein the mirror holder and the supporter are configured to fix the mirror to the optical assembly.
3 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for contacting a mirror at three or more points;
- and
- means for supporting the mirror with at least a first and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is configured to contact a first surface of the mirror and the second terminal is configured to contact a second surface of the mirror, and wherein the means for contacting and the means for supporting are configured to fix the mirror in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.