Patent ID: 6731412
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An imaging device comprising:a script setting plate for setting thereon a script to be read; a script positioning plate located near one end of said script setting plate and supported for up-and-down movements around a second axis approximately intersecting with a first axis connecting said one end of the script setting plate and the other end thereof to selectively take a first position or a second position, such that, in said first position, said script positioning plate lies horizontally in a level for an upper surface thereof to be higher than an upper surface of said script setting plate and makes a level difference between said upper surfaces, and in said second position, said script positioning plate makes substantially no level difference between said upper surfaces; a script positioning plate supporter selectively taking a support position under said script positioning plate in said first position for supporting same from the bottom thereof or a support release position shifted nearer to said other end to permit a downward rotation of said script positioning plate to said second position, said script positioning plate supporter taking said support position in a standby period ready for reading a script, and taking said support release position in a period for actually reading a script; and a script-pressing cover extending over said script positioning plate and said script setting plate to guide a script against said script setting plate.