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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1982
Raymond W DeMuth, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Teletype Corporation, Skokie, IL (US);
Abstract
A bracket 18 is illustrated for mounting a light source 24 on a facsimile document scanner 10. The bracket 18 includes a pair of end plates 20, 22 between which the light source 24 is supported. Opposing ends of each plate 20, 22 have hinge pins 30, 30a which engage 'L' shaped cutouts 38, 38a in opposing hinge plates 36, 36a mounted on the scanner 10. The hinge pins 30, 30a are held in their respective cutouts 36, 36a by coil springs 60, 60a. The remaining ends of the end plates 20, 22 have lock pins 32, 32a which engage 'L' shaped cutouts 42, 42a in lock plates 40, 40a mounted on the scanner 10. Lock clips 50, 50a serves to maintain the lock pins 32, 32a in their respective lock plate cutouts 42, 42a.