Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

De-Ming Xu

Xiaoxi Huang

Song Zhang

Ke Gao

Xiao-Hua Zhou

In an example, a retainer may include a transition arm having a lift tab. The retainer may further include a pinch arm pivotably or movably engaged with the transition arm. The pinch arm may be movable between an engaged position and a stowed position, and may have a pinching member disposed on a pinching end of the pinch arm. Further, the transition arm may move the pinch arm form the engaged position to the stowed position upon the lift tab being moved about a retainer pivot point.

Retainers with movable pinch arms

The disclosure relates to a scantling unit () comprising an interlocking assembly (). The interlocking assembly () comprises; an interlock arm () pivotably connected to a scanner base of the scanning unit () and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position; and a biasing mechanism, for biasing the interlock arm toward the locked position, A combo gear () of the scanning unit () is locked by the interlocking assembly (), thereby being prevented from, rotating, before a scan bar driver gear () of the scanning unit () engages with the combo gear () of the scanning unit ().

Interlocking assembly for a scanning unit

The disclosure relates to a multi-functional printer. The multi-functional printer comprises an automatic document feeder member located in a scanner device and being movable between a unlifted position and a lifted-up position; a pen door located in a printer device and being movable between an open position and a closed position; and a link mechanism positioned between the automatic document feeder member and the pen door, such that when the automatic document feeder member is moved between the unlifted position and the lifted-up position, the pen door moves with the automatic document feeder member to open or close the pen door.

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Singapore, Singapore

De-Ming Xu