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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. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Mamoru Fujii, Nara, JP;
Kenichi Shiraishi, Nara, JP;
Hideyuki Miyake, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); B65H 29/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bracket that rotatably supports a shaft provided along the axis of a back roller for feeding and thereby transporting a document pinched between the back roller and a close-contact-type image sensor elastically supported on a cabinet and that is fitted to the cabinet so as to be rotatable about the shaft is formed integrally with a release lever for releasing the back roller and the close-contact-type image sensor from a state in which they are pressed against each other.