Patent ID: 6859292
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for scanning originals point by point and line by line, comprising: a fixed-position original carrier for an original, said original carrier having a long side and a longitudinal direction; a pivotal illumination device disposed above said original carrier and extended in a line direction over said original carrier, for illuminating the original line by line; an optoelectronic scanning head disposed underneath said original carrier, for converting scanning light into image signals; and a connecting element movable at said long side of said original carrier; said connecting element carrying said illumination device and said scanning head and executing a feed movement at right angles to the line direction, for two-dimensionally scanning the original; and said connecting element having a rotary joint with an axis of rotation extended in said longitudinal direction of said original carrier, for pivoting said illumination device about said rotary joint away from said original carrier into a plane oriented at an angle to said original carrier.