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US 8,537,433 B2Granted
Forward facing scanner
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsRobert M. Westcott, Jude A. SanGregory
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Abstract
An ergonomic, compact scanner operation is achieved by providing a flatbed scanner and a sheet fed scanner in a space efficient arrangement with optimal access features for users. Documents traverse the sheet fed scanner along a path that allows inclusion of an easily accessible flat bed scanner.
Claims8
A method comprising:
- providing a flatbed scanner and a sheet fed scanner;
- supporting a document to be scanned by the sheet fed scanner in an input tray;
- transporting the document from the input tray, then under the flatbed scanner, then past a pair of imaging devices each for scanning a different side of the document, then behind the flatbed scanner, and then into an output tray, the output tray forming the top surface of a cover for the flatbed scanner.
A method comprising:
- providing a scanning machine having a sheet fed scanner and a flatbed scanner;
- supporting a document in an input tray of the scanning machine;
- conveying the document along a transport path through the scanning machine;
- imaging two sides of the document in a portion of the transport path below the flatbed scanner;
- and
- outputting the scanned document in an output tray, the output tray forming the top surface of a cover for the flatbed scanner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.