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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiya Itoh, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358496 ; 358474 ; 358483 ; 358497 ; 399206 ;
Abstract
There is provided an image scanner in which no shock is applied to a carrier moving an image sensor when the carrier is moved between an automatic document feeder and a contact glass on which an original document is placed. The image sensor is pressed against the contact glass by a spring, A plurality of rollers are provided between the image sensor and the contact glass so that the image sensor is pressed against the contact glass via the rollers. The rollers are separated from the contact glass by a separating member when the image sensor passes an area between the contact glass and the automatic document feeder.