Optical scanner for automatic document handler

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1984-07-02

1986-04-01

Britton, Howard W.

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Facsimile

Recording apparatus

358285, 358287, 355 8, H04N 110, H04N 104

Patent

active

045801720

ABSTRACT:
A document handling machine which is capable of operating at two different fields of view, namely, a wide field of view and a narrow field, of view, incorporates a scanning carriage which moves generally parallel to the plane of a plurality of document copying platens. The scanner carriage incorporates a lens assembly which includes a lens and a CCD array, which assembly is movable within the carriage along the direction of scan and transverse to the direction of scan to define the two fields of view. Movement of the lens array between the respective fields of view is accomplished by interposing a relatively fixed stop which is engaged by the lens assembly while the carriage is being traversed along its main guideways by a scanning drive motor. The fixed stop is selectively engageable with the lens assembly while the carriage is moving, to cause the lens assembly to shift on the carriage between its respective fields of view. A centering roller mechanism on the carriage engages the lens assembly and detents the same in each of the fields of view while providing for guiding movement of the same, by a roller which moves within an inclined guideway on the lens assembly, between the fields of view.

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patent: 4520400 (1985-05-01), Koumura

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