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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Te-Jung Hsu, PuTzu, TW;
Jih-Yung Lu, SanChung, TW;
Assignee:
Acer Peripherals, Inc., TaoYuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 7/06 ; E05D 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 7/06 ; E05D 7/10 ;
Abstract
A joint device for coupling a cover with a body of a scanner. The joint device has a pivot means to enable the cover be lifted upward to a height desired according to the thickness of the scanning document. The pivot means has inner walls closed to the interior of the scanner so that outside dusts and dirts won't seep into the scanner. Scanner mechanism may be prevented from contamination and may maintain high scanning quality. The pivot means is simply structured with fewer materials and may be made at less time and low cost.