Patent ID: 9288359
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An integrated document handling and platen scanning apparatus for detachable use with a photocopier, multifunctional printer or standalone scanning device; the apparatus comprising: a main body; a platen glass positionally fixed to the main body; a CVT glass area positionally fixed to the main body; a first image module attached to the main body, the first image module being movable across the platen glass to scan an image on a first side of a document when the document is stationary; a document handler attached to the main body, the document handler being configured to invert the document and to feed the document across the CVT glass area; and an attachment point on the main body that is adapted to detachably attach the main body to a device body of the photocopier, multifunction printer or standalone scanning device such that the main body, platen glass, first image module, and document handler are detachable as a unit from the device body and move as a unit relative to the device body, wherein the first image module is configured to remain stationary and scan the image on the first side of the document when the document is fed across the CVT glass area.