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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eiichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 3/910 ; G03B 2/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 3/910 ; G03B 2/704 ;
Abstract
A carriage fixing screw housing structure in which a carriage fixing screw for externally screwing and fixing carriages of an image reader is held, when not used, by a screw holder formed on a part of an image reader to prevent loss of the carriage fixing screw after removed from the carriage. A screw holder is formed on a part, such as the back face of the main body of an image reader, and includes a holder to hold the threaded part of a carriage fixing screw and a housing to house the head of the fixing screw.