Tensioned scanner rails

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2005-09-14

2011-11-22

Tieu, Benny (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Facsimile

Picture signal generator

C358S505000, C358S474000, C358S498000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08064107

ABSTRACT:
A rail system made of one or more flexible guide rods, each consisting of a tension rod, is used to support lightweight, mobile devices such as carriages, scanning heads or optical sensors. The rail is configured to permit movement of the mobile device, when driven by an external drive mechanism, along a main scanning direction but prohibits rotational movement of the mobile device. In this fashion, the mobile device remains substantially at the same measured distance from the flat surface of an object, e.g., moving sheet or web, being analyzed.

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