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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Oliver Wang, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Hwang Chyi Lee, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Assignee:
Storm Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358474 ; 358498 ; 358496 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a scanner housing structure which includes a scanner shell for mounting therein a scanning circuit, and the scanner housing structure is drawably mounted in a scanner-receiving space of a computer and allowed to be partially or completely drawn out of the scanner-receiving space. The scanner housing structure according to the present invention provides a more convenient environment in using a scanner, and the scanner can be a part of the computer so that no more effort of a user to choose and install a scanner is needed.