Typewriting machines – Carriage or carriage-moving or movement-regulating mechanism – Carriage-feed mechanism
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-30
2001-07-24
Eickholt, Eugene (Department: 2854)
Typewriting machines
Carriage or carriage-moving or movement-regulating mechanism
Carriage-feed mechanism
C347S003000, C347S037000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06264384
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a multi-functional apparatus and, more particularly, to a multi-functional apparatus having a reduced size due to the mounting of both a printhead and a scanner module in a carriage.
2. Background Art
Generally, a multi-functional apparatus is referred to a device including a scanner, a copier, a printer, a facsimile device and a modem, which is connected with a computer to print or store data scanned by the scanner or transferred through the modem from the other system in a hard disk of the computer. Thus, the multi-functional apparatus can act as the facsimile device, the printer, the scanner and the printer.
The scanner used in the multi-functional apparatus having functions of the printer, the scanner, the facsimile device, and the copier is divided in a sheet feed type scanner and a flat bed type scanner. The sheet feed type scanner is mainly used in a facsimile device, which scans data on a document a line by line while feeding the document. On the other hand, the flat bed type scanner is mainly used in a copier, which scans data on a document disposed on a flat bed while moving in a main scanning direction. A multi-functional apparatus having the sheet feed type scanner is provided with a facsimile device using ink or toner depending on a printing manner and a section for interfacing with a personal computer. However, a multi-functional apparatus having the flat bed type scanner is provided with a printer and a facsimile device.
In the multi-functional apparatus having the sheet feed type scanner, there is a disadvantage in that since both a scanner module and a printhead are separately incorporated into the multi-functional apparatus, the entire size of the multi-functional apparatus is increased.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-functional apparatus that can be manufactured with a smaller size.
It is another object to provide a multi-functional apparatus that has a reduced manufacturing a cost.
To achieve these and other objects, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a multi-functional apparatus having a small size that may be constructed using a body including a section for transferring a recordable paper and a service station formed at an outside of the recordable paper transferring section, a guide mounted along an entire width of the body in a vertical direction to be normal to a recordable paper transferring direction, and a carriage which has a printhead and a scanner module mounted thereon and moves reciprocally along the guide across the recordable paper.
The scanner module is mounted on the carriage to be adjacent to the recordable paper transferring section with reference to the printhead. The service station is selectively positioned at a right side or a left side of the recordable paper transferring section. The printhead according to the embodiment of the present invention is an inkjet printhead. The scanner module is mounted to be adjacent to an outside of a character recognizing region of the recordable paper transferring section.
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Kim Seong-Woo
Lee Hyun-Jun
Bushnell , Esq. Robert E.
Eickholt Eugene
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
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