Patent ID: 6108108
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A platen type scanner driving mechanism located within a casing, comprising:a fixed lever extending longitudinally within the casing, said fixed lever having a longitudinal axis;a carrier table extending transversely with respect to said fixed lever and being slidably coupled thereto;a pair of elastic elements disposed in spaced relationship on said carrier table, each of said pair of elastic elements being disposed at a respective intermediate position along a length of said carrier table;an optical module disposed on said carrier table and biased by said pair of elastic elements in close proximity to a lower surface of a document supporting glass portion of the casing;a pair of idler wheels respectively rotatably mounted adjacent opposing longitudinal ends of said fixed lever;a motor assembly disposed in the casing and having a wire collecting wheel rotatably driven by a motor through a plurality of gears; and,a wire looped around said wire collecting wheel and said pair of idler wheels and extending directly beneath said axis of said fixed lever and being in parallel alignment therewith and having opposing ends thereof coupled to a centrally disposed portion of said carrier table in alignment with said slidable coupling to said fixed lever for maintaining parallelism of scanning by said optical module during longitudinal displacement of said carrier table responsive to rotation of said wire collecting wheel.