US Patent:
20070081174, Apr 12, 2007
Inventors:
Dean Peck - Tigard OR, US
Chris Peck - Tigard OR, US
Everett Durst - Vancouver WA, US
John Pollard - Lake Oswego OR, US
Carl Andersen - Tigar OR, US
International Classification:
G06K 15/12
Abstract:
A book support apparatus for use with a copier machine having a scanner that has a top support surface and including a housing having a top, horizontally disposed planar opened wall constructed and arranged for receiving and supporting a glass sheet upon which a page is placed for copying, a sloping sidewall having an edge contiguous with an edge of the top wall and extending downwardly and outwardly at an angle from the top planar wall. The housing is mounted in a position in which it overlies the top support surface by at least a predetermined fixed distance. The scanner is supported to be moved in a plane at a position below and along the housing top wall and is adapted for raising and lowering the scanner between a lowermost home position under the sloping sidewall and an elevated position during the planar movement of the scanner.