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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271-408 ; 271145 ; 271162 ; 271171 ; 271164 ;
Abstract
A sheet holder removably attached to a hopper of a image reading apparatus. The sheet holder has a front bottom wall, a rear top wall, and an intermediate wall connecting the front bottom wall to the rear top wall. The front bottom wall provides a sheet placing area onto which small and thick sheets like business cards are placed and a holding member holds the sheets on the sheet placing area. A pick roller of the image reading apparatus can contact the sheet on the sheet placing area when the sheet holder is attached to the apparatus. The apparatus has a box-shaped a casing having a drawable hopper table providing a hopper for placing normal thin sheets thereon.