Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a platen which is set at an image reading position, a loading guide portion which is arranged upstream in a convey direction of an original to be adjacent to the platen and guides the original to an upper surface of the platen, a scoop-up guide portion which is arranged downstream in the convey direction of the original to be adjacent to the glass platen and guides a leading edge of the original, which has passed through the platen, by scooping up, a convey guide portion which is arranged to oppose the platen and scoop-up guide portion, to form a convey path between the convey guide portion and both of the platen and the scoop-up guide portion, a support portion which supports the convey guide portion to be slidable parallel to the platen, and a regulating portion which is arranged between the convey guide portion and the scoop-up guide portion to hold a constant gap between the convey guide portion and the scoop-up guide portion.
Abstract:
A carrier device for a contact image sense optical scanner. The carrier device incorporates a pair of magnets with identical poles facing each other or a fluid filled sealed chamber for exerting an equal pressure on a scanning module within the scanner and maintaining close contact with a document platform throughout a scanning operation.
Abstract:
A paper pressing device for a scanning apparatus is provided, which include a scanning module and a paper track corresponding to the scanning module, wherein the paper track is provided for a paper sheet passing through. The paper pressing device includes a film and a pressing block. The film is disposed on one side of the paper track opposite to the scanning module. The pressing block is disposed on one side of the film opposite to the scanning module and presses against the film for reducing the height of the paper track above the scanning module. When the paper sheet is passes over the scanning module, the paper pressing device presses the paper sheet for maintaining the paper sheet flat while being scanned.
Abstract:
A paper pressing device disposed on one side of a paper track of a sheet feed scanner, corresponding to a scanning module on the other side of the paper track is provided. The paper pressing device includes two pivot seats, a pressing block, and an elastic element. The two pivot seats are respectively disposed at two lateral edges of the paper track. The pressing block is located across and above the paper track, and is pivotally disposed between the two pivot seats for being rotated and slid. The elastic element, pressing against the pressing block, is used to provide a normal force to push the pressing block to move linearly and rotate. By adjusting the position and angle of the pressing block, the paper is flattened onto the scanning module.
Abstract:
An automatic document feeder includes a front feeding roller set, a rear feeding roller set, a document control roller and a movement-driving mechanism. The document control roller is disposed between the front feeding roller set and the rear feeding roller set and is located above a scan platen with a gap left therebetween. The front feeding roller set transports a document across the scan platen and then to the rear feeding roller set. The document control roller is rotated to assist in transporting the document and to press the document toward the scan platen. The movement-driving mechanism moves the document control roller such that the gap between the document control roller and the scan platen is adjusted. Thus, a scanning module below the scan platen can scan an image of the document.
Abstract:
A scanner. An optical sensor is adjacent to a glass plate, and a support element supporting the optical sensor. A first magnet is disposed on the optical sensor, and a second magnet corresponding to the first magnet is disposed on the support element. The first magnet faces the second magnet with the magnetic poles of the same polarity disposed opposingly, thereby maintaining a predetermined distance between the optical sensor and the glass plate.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit having an image reader for reading an image; a first original carriage for carrying an original and for reading an original image in contact with the image reading unit, while moving; a second original carriage for carrying an original and for reading an original image in contact with the image reading unit while in a stationary state; a stay provided between the first original carriage and the second original carriage; an urging device for urging the image reading unit toward the first original carriage or toward the second original carriage; a guide portion, provided outside an image reading region, for guiding the image reading unit away from the stay when the image reading unit moves between the first original carriage and the second original carriage; and a member to be slidably guided relative to the guide when the image reading unit moves between the first original carriage and the second original carriage, the member to the guided being disposed at a balanced position in a moving direction of the image reading unit and being substantially in line contact with the guide portion.
Abstract:
A film bridge assembly adapted to precisely position film during scanning in a digital film processing system. The film bridge assembly makes up part of a film bridge and illuminator cavity system that includes a slot for the passage of illumination light that is used to scan film at an opening of the slot. A window or cylindrical lens is provided at the opening of the slot to permit film to pass over the slot without incurring any scratching. The window or lens is effective to keep the film at a constant height, reduce debris at the image plane, and permit a maximum amount of illumination light to pass through the film.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a transport path that is inclined downwardly as advancing from an upstream side to a downstream side, an image reading section disposed in a middle of the transport path, a cover member that is bent to cause downward inclination of a face on the downstream side of the transport path to be larger than an inclination of a face on the upstream side, a support member having a plate form, the support member disposed on a rear face of the cover member and protruding toward the upstream side from a proximity of a position where the cover member is bent in the face on the downstream side, and a pressing member in which another end is supported by the support member to cause one end to be contactable with the image reading section, thereby pressing the transported medium against the image reading section.
Abstract:
Scanning errors and document feed errors are prevented by pressing originals, including thin originals and thick originals of greatly different thicknesses, to the scanning surface (1a) of an image sensor (1) with pressure appropriate for the respective original. A pressure-generating mechanism (50) is used to press the original against the scanning surface (1a) by selecting different elastic bodies with different spring forces to produce a different elastic force in accordance with the thickness of the original document.