Patent ID: 6466339
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A scanner comprising:(a) a gate to receive a media carrying an image to be scanned; (b) a frame movable along an optical axis toward and away from the gate between a scanning position and a retracted position spaced further away from the gate than the scanning position; and (c) a sensor and a lens mounted on the frame, said sensor and said lens being mounted on said frame so as to be immovable relative to said frame along the optical axis, said sensor and lens being adapted to move together with the frame between the scanning and retracted positions, so that the lens can focus at least part of an image in the gate onto the sensor; wherein the frame and gate together have at least one set of mating members which when mated, define the scanning position, said mating members being spaced apart from each other in said retracted position.