Patent ID: 8559069

Claim:
A sheet-fed scanner, comprising: a housing; a scan assembly carrier movably disposed in the housing; a scan assembly, mounted in the scan assembly carrier, for scanning a side of an original sheet in a main scan direction as the original sheet enters a sheet passageway of the sheet-fed scanner; and a bent linking member disposed between the housing and the scan assembly carrier, the bent linking member comprising: a first section extending transversally in relation to the main scan direction and interconnecting two opposed ends of the scan assembly carrier; and a second section connected with the first section and forming an angle with the first section, wherein as one of the two opposed ends of the scan assembly carrier is pushed towards the housing by the original sheet entering the sheet passageway, the bent linking member urges the other end of the two opposed ends to move correspondingly towards the housing to keep the scan assembly carrier at a horizontal state.