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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:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jenn-Tsair Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Chieng-Ming Tsaur, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Mustek Systems Inc., , TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 ; G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 ; G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
A slide securing device, using in a flatbed scanner, includes a frame and a securing cell. The securing cell comprises an aperture, a first securing clip, a second securing clip, a first securing groove, a second securing groove, a picking portion, a first support member and a second support member. The slide securing device utilizes proper clips for holding slides. Thus, the scanner can directly scan the secured slides by predetermined parameters and reset mode, in order to save scanning time. Further, the securing grooves maintains slides at a fixed height to improve the scanning quality.