Abstract: A scanner includes a drawer, extendible outside the scanner, for loading the original into the scanner; and a drawer supporting arrangement for supporting the drawer for movement into and out of the scanner while scanning takes place during at least part of the movement. The scanner can either be a desktop unit coupled to a host computer or mounted in a drive bay of a computer, in which case the drawer is extendible outside the drive bay for loading the original into the scanner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 1996
Date of Patent:
August 4, 1998
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors:
Franklin D. Ehrne, Eric P. Hochreiter, Dale W. Ryan, Martin L. Slade
Inventors:
Samuel Leo Rhodus, Brant Dennis Nystrom, Scott Richard Castle, Robert Henry Muyskens, Thomas Eugene Pangburn, Neilson Gutay Navarrete, Tristan Santos Dalay