Feeder mechanism for a portable image scanner
US5472182A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 22, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/0057
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A document feeder which can be coupled to a motorized, portable optical scanner to feed documents across the scanner window of the scanner, including a housing with a support surface and an opposite offset platform surface which together form a slit through which the document is fed and including openings in the support surface for a drive and a drive set of spring-loaded rollers which are coupled together by a belt, and which extend partially below the platform surface and are adapted to cooperate with drive roller(s) of the motorized, portable optical scanner to feed documents across the scanner.
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