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Scanning exposure device

US5227846A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateMar 5, 1991
Grant dateJul 13, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/1008
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A scanner having a carriage (13) with a glass plate (52) for supporting an original document to be scanned while moving past an exposure opening, in which the glass plate is vertically displaceable against yieldable supporting springs mounted on a frame (47) of the carriage and is downwardly biased into contact with two lateral guide wheels (71,72) that are provided near the lateral ends of the exposure opening.

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