Patent · US Expired

Lens mounting structure of a scanner

US5751501A · kind A · utility

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1Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 17, 1997
Grant dateMay 12, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lens mounting structure including a lens holder forming a part of a casing of a scanner, and a lens mounted in the lens holder, the lens holder having a receiving hole which receives the lens, two springy strips cut from the periphery of the receiving hole, and a plurality of longitudinal ribs raised from the springy strips and the periphery of the receiving hole and respectively pressed at the periphery of the lens to hold down the lens in the receiving hole, a glue filling hole through which a glue is filled into the receiving hole to fix the lens.

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