Patent ID: 8339686
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A scanning device controlled by a system controller for scanning a sheet, comprising: a hollow housing; a holding plate mounted to an upper portion of the housing; a guiding rod mounted in the housing and spaced from the holding plate with a predetermined distance; a reading unit slidably mounted to the guiding rod; and a flexible cable received in the housing, the flexible cable having a restrictive plate and a conducting cable attached to a top of the restrictive plate, the restrictive plate having an elongated flat portion and two winging portions extended obliquely and upwardly from two opposite long sides of the flat portion with each winging portion forming a raised side having an acute angle with a plane of the flat portion, wherein the flexible cable is received in the housing in a folding manner, with a lower end thereof where the raised side faces upwards connected to the system controller which is mounted in the housing and under the guiding rod, and an upper end thereof where the raised side faces downwards connected to the reading unit, forming an inverted-U folding portion, and the raised side at the folding portion is unfolded for keeping the folding portion in shape in scanning process.