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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:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John A Merecki, Brentwood, NH (US);
John F Omvik, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358487 ; 358474 ; 358475 ; 358496 ; 358497 ; 358498 ; 358494 ; 358471 ; 250234 ; 250235 ;
Abstract
A scanning system comprising a cleaning apparatus for automatically cleaning originals prior to scanning and a dual mode scanner for scanning transmissive and reflective originals. The cleaning apparatus includes an ionizing dust remover and an electrically conductive brush assembly for sweeping dust and other foreign particles from the surfaces of the originals to be scanned.