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US 8,526,068 B2Granted
Rotatable scanner and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKazuyoshi Yamada, Tomohiko Sasaki
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Abstract
A rotatable scanner includes a scanner body and a document holder. The scanner body includes an exposure surface on which a document is placed. The document holder is provided above the scanner body to cover a document placed on the exposure surface of the scanner body, and includes a hinged side and a free side opposite the hinged side. A front upper edge of the scanner body is chamfered.
Claims14
A rotatable scanner, comprising:
- a scanner body comprising an exposure surface on which a document is placed;
- and
- a document holder provided above the scanner body to cover the document placed on the exposure surface of the scanner body;
- wherein the scanner body comprises a chamfered front upper edge provided on a side corresponding to a front of the document holder,
- wherein on a side of the rotatable scanner corresponding to the front of the document holder, a front end of an upper portion of the document holder protrudes beyond a vertical line that passes through a point corresponding to a front end of the scanner body,
- wherein the document holder comprises a catch portion extending obliquely upwards to protrude from a front surface of the scanner body, and
- wherein the catch portion is disposed vertically facing the chamfered front upper edge.
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A rotatable scanner, comprising:
- a scanner body comprising an exposure surface on which a document is placed;
- and
- a document holder provided above the scanner body to cover the document placed on the exposure surface of the scanner body;
- wherein the document holder comprises a hinged side, a free side opposite the hinged side, and a catch portion at a front end of the free side for opening and closing the document holder with respect to the scanner body,
- wherein the catch portion extends obliquely upwards to protrude from a front surface of the document holder and to form a concave portion,
- wherein the scanner body further comprises a chamfered front upper edge provided on a side corresponding to the free side of the document holder,
- wherein the chamfered front upper edge is disposed facing the concave portion of the catch portion, forming a space between the chamfered front upper edge and the concave portion of the catch portion,
- wherein the space accommodates one or more fingers of a user that are inserted into the space when the user opens or closes the document holder with respect to the scanner body, and
- wherein the entire concave portion of the catch portion in a longitudinal direction of the catch portion is disposed facing the chamfered front upper edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.