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US 8,134,756 B2Granted
Scanning apparatus
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorsYutaka Yoneda, Kazunari Miyamura
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Abstract
A keyboard and a display screen are arranged to cover an upper side a main body of an ADF-type scanning apparatus, so that a large space can be secured to arrange the keyboard and the display screen. The display screen includes an ADF-cover opening-closing mechanism that opens and closes the display screen in conjunction with an ADF cover. The keyboard includes a keyboard raising mechanism for raising a front portion of the keyboard in the upward direction.
Claims8
A scanning apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- an automatic document feeder configured to automatically feed a plurality of documents one by one;
- and
- a keyboard and a display screen arranged to cover an upper side of the main body,
- wherein the display screen includes a cover opening-closing mechanism configured to open and close an automatic-document-feeder cover in conjunction with the display screen,
- wherein the cover opening-closing mechanism includes a guide rail fixed to the display screen and a cover fixing unit configured to be slidably linked to the guide rail and to move along the guide rail so that the automatic-document-feeder cover is raised and opened in conjunction with a single action of opening the display screen.
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A scanning apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a sheet feeder positioned in the main body;
- a feeder cover openably disposed over the sheet feeder and configured to cover at least a portion of the sheet feeder if the feeder cover is closed;
- a display screen positioned over the feeder cover and an upper side of the main body;
- a cover opening-closing mechanism coupled between the display screen and the feeder cover and configured to open or close the feeder cover in conjunction with the display screen;
- and
- a keyboard positioned over the upper side of the main body,
- wherein the cover opening-closing mechanism comprises:
- a guide rail fixed to the display screen;
- and
- a cover fixing unit fixed to the feeder cover and slidably coupled to the guide rail.
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A scanning apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- an automatic document feeder positioned in the main body and configured to automatically feed a plurality of documents one by one;
- and
- a keyboard and a display screen arranged to cover an upper side of the main body,
- wherein the display screen includes a cover opening-closing mechanism configured to open and close an automatic-document-feeder cover in conjunction with the display screen,
- wherein the cover opening-closing mechanism includes a guide rail fixed to a back surface of the display screen and a cover fixing unit configured to be slidably linked to inside of the guide rail and to move along the inside of the guide rail so that the automatic-document-feeder cover is simultaneously raised and opened in conjunction with a single action of opening the display screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.