Supports – Stand – To hold a particular article
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-10
2001-11-06
Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Stand
To hold a particular article
C248S451000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06311940
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a stand member for holding a flat image reading apparatus for reading an image in a vertically installed condition, and an image reading apparatus having such a stand member.
2. Related Background Art
As an example of image reading apparatuses used with information processing units such as computers, there has been proposed a desk-top scanner.
FIGS. 16A
to
16
C show a schematic construction of a conventional scanner
209
, where
FIG. 16A
is a plan view of the scanner,
FIG. 16B
is a front sectional view of the scanner and
FIG. 16C
is a left side view of the scanner.
An image recorded on an original P (to be read) rested on an original stage glass
200
is read by scanning a reading unit
201
under the original stage glass
200
.
The reading unit
201
is designed so that it is reciprocally scan-moved under the original stage glass
200
by normal and reverse rotations of a motor
202
.
A main body
208
of the scanner
209
is constituted by a combination of an upper cover
204
on which the original stage glass
200
is fixedly supported and a lower cover
205
on which the reading unit
201
is provided. Within the main body
208
, there is provided an electric mounting portion
203
including a control board, a power source and the like.
A case where the scanner
209
having the above-mentioned arrangement is used in a vertically installed condition to save the installation space has been increased.
FIGS. 17 and 18
are views showing a manner that the conventional scanner
209
is used on a desk in a substantially vertically installed condition.
In
FIG. 18
, a stand
206
is pivotally mounted on the main body
208
via hinges
207
. When the scanner
209
is used in the vertically installed condition, the stand
206
is rotated around the hinges
207
from a position A to a position B so that the main body
208
of the scanner
209
is supported by the stand
206
not to lay the scanner down laterally.
In this condition, when the original is set on the original stage glass
200
, the image on the original can be read in the vertically installed condition as is in a case where the scanner is installed horizontally.
However, in the scanner
209
having the above-mentioned construction, when the scanner is used in the vertically installed condition, if there is unevenness on an installation surface D, since the main body
208
is not supported stably, slight external force may lay the scanner down laterally.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a stand member capable of holding a flat image reading apparatus in a vertically installed condition in such a manner that the image reading apparatus is hard to be laid down laterally, and an image reading apparatus having such a stand member.
The stand member for the image reading apparatus according to the present invention has a pair of protruded portions, and, in the stand member, a lower part of the flat image reading apparatus disposed in the vertically installed condition to read an original is received between the pair of protruded portions to support the image reading apparatus disposed in the vertically installed condition, and laid-down of the image reading apparatus in a front-and-rear direction is regulated by the pair of protruded portions.
In the stand member for the image reading apparatus according to the present invention, among the pair of protruded portions, a height of a rear side protruded portion may be greater than a height of a front side protruded portion.
In the stand member for the image reading apparatus according to the present invention, the pair of protruded portions may hold the image reading apparats in the vertically installed condition in such a manner that the image reading apparatus is inclined rearwardly.
In the stand member for the image reading apparatus according to the present invention, the stand member may be formed from synthetic resin.
In the stand member for the image reading apparatus according to the present invention, among the pair of protruded portions, a front side protruded portion may have a fixing means for holding a lid opening/closing means for closely contacting an original rested on an original resting stage of the image reading apparatus with the original resting stage in a closed condition.
The image reading apparatus having such a stand member of the present invention has a flat main body including an original resting stage on which an original is rested, an image reading means for reading the original rested on the original resting stage, and a lid opening/closing means for closely contacting the original rested on the original resting stage with the original resting stage and is used in a laid-down condition, and, the image reading apparatus can be used in a manner that the main body is in a vertically supported condition by means of one of the above-mentioned stand member detachably provided on the main body.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, the main body may be supported on the installation surface by resting the stand member provided at one end of the main body and the other end of the main body on the installation surface.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, the main body may be connected to the stand member by a connection means, and the connection means may include a portion to be engaged (engaged portion) provided in a back surface (rear surface) of the main body, and an engagement portion provided on a rear side protruded portion (among the pair of protruded portions) and capable of detachably engaging by the engaged portion.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, one of the engaged and engagement portions may be a recessed portion and the other may be a protrusion.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, the detachably engaged direction along which the engaged and engagement portions are engaged with each other may be an up-and-down direction.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, the recessed portion and the protrusion may be directed in an up-and-down direction.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, the detachably engaging direction along which the engaged and engagement portions are engaged with each other may be a left-and-right direction.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, the recessed portion and the protrusion may be directed in a left-and-right direction.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, the main body may be provided at its back surface with a plurality of projections for supporting the main body on an installation surface when the main body is laid down, and, among the plurality of projections, the projection located downwardly when the main body is positioned in a vertically installed condition may also act as the engaged portion.
In the image reading apparatus having the stand member of the present invention, among the pair of protruded portions, a top portion of the front side protruded portion is shaped to be complementary to or to mate with an edge of the opening/closing means not to interfere with the opening and closing of the opening/closing means.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Ramirez Ramon O.
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