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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Koichi Hiruta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The document pressing device according to the present invention includes a document table which is mounted on a main body and supports a document, a document cover which covers the document table and presses the document against the document table, an adjusting hinge which supports an opening and closing fulcrum of the document cover and is slidable in the thickness direction of the document according to the thickness of the document supported on the document table, a holding member which can hold an opening and closing side of the document cover and slides in the thickness direction of the document in synchronization with the sliding movement of the adjusting hinge, a hook which is fitted to an opening and closing side of the document cover and engages with the holding member to give the document cover a pressing force to press the document against the document table, and a release member for releasing the engagement of the hook from the holding member.