Patent ID: 6507418
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A sheet feeding scanner, comprising:a frame for housing said scanner; a contact image sensor for scanning and reading a document; a roller for engaging said contact image sensor and dragging said document so that the content of said document can be scanned; a driving mechanism for driving said roller; two side walls, fitted into grooves formed inside a surface of the frame on which both said roller and said contact image sensor are pivoted such that both said roller and said contact image sensor are normally in contact: a release rod for disengaging said contact image sensor and said roller, wherein the release rod makes direct contact with the contact image sensor, and can be pushed against the contact image sensor with a linear wedging motion to release the document which has been scanned and clamped between said contact image sensor and the roller; and means for re-engaging said contact image sensor with said roller by at least a spring pushing said contact sensor against roller.