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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuya Fujioka, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazunori Bannai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Taguchi, Warabi, JP;
Susumu Shiina, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358296 ; 358474 ; 358498 ; 355 25 ; 355 75 ;
Abstract
A miniature and reliable device capable of reading a book document while turning the pages thereof. A book document is laid on a document table in a spread position face up. The document table is pressed upward while a scanning unit is restricted in movement in the up-and-down direction. The scanning unit, therefore, receives the surface of the book document pressed upward.