Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinge connecting printer and scanner
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Application No.: US15336898Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US10027828B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Katsuro Miura
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2015-214281 20151030
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; B41J29/02

Abstract:
A first hinge connects a scanner to a printer, which is below the scanner, to allow the scanner to pivot about a first axis extending along a first direction. The first hinge includes a first support portion supported by the scanner, a second support portion supported by the printer, and a first pivot portion defining the first axis. A housing of the scanner includes a side surface near the first axis and extending along the first direction and along a second direction perpendicular to a document support surface of the scanner, and an accommodating portion recessed in a third direction which is from the side surface toward the scanning unit. The first support portion includes a first end portion at which the first pivot portion is located, and a second end portion which includes an accommodated portion. The accommodated portion is accommodated in the accommodating portion of the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170126910A1 Multifunction Device Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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