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Patent No.:

US 10498919 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2018

Image scanning device, image forming apparatus with pressing member has positions to contact and separate from document for reducing vertical lines in printed image

Applicant:

Zhuhai Seine Technology Co., Ltd., Zhuhai, CN;

Inventors:

Jun Zhang, Zhuhai, CN;

Jianghua Yang, Zhuhai, CN;

Xining Ding, Zhuhai, CN;

Assignee:

ZHUHAI SEINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Zhuhai, CN;

Attorney:

Anova Law Group, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Benny Q Tieu

Assistant Examiner:

Haris Sabah

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/203 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00994 (2013.01); H04N 1/1061 (2013.01); H04N 1/2034 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/605 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6514 (2013.01); G06K 9/20 (2013.01); G06K 15/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image scanning device, which comprises: a document tray to load an original document to be scanned; a discharge tray to load the original document after being scanned; and a frame which the document tray and the discharge tray are mounted on. A conveyance path is formed inside the frame to connect the document tray and the discharge tray. The frame contains a conveying structure to convey the original document along the conveyance path; a transparent support member located below the conveyance path to support the original document; a scanning member located below the transparent support member, the scanning member having a scanning position in which the scanning member scans the original document when being located on the transparent support member; and a pressing member disposed above the transparent support member and facing the scanning member for pressing the original document onto the transparent support member.

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