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Platen cover assembly for copier

  • US 4,585,329 A
  • Filed: 11/16/1983
  • Issued: 04/29/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Copying apparatus including in combination, a cabinet adapted to house the operating components of said apparatus, said cabinet having an open top, a lid, means mounting said lid on said cabinet for pivotal movement around a first horizontal axis between a closed position over the open top of said cabinet and an open position at which the interior of said cabinet is accessible, a platen in said lid for supporting a document to be copied, a platen cover, means mounting said cover on said lid for pivotal movement around a second horizontal axis parallel to said first axis between a first position at which said platen is covered and a second position at which said platen is exposed, interengageable elements on said lid and on said cover, said elements being movable between a first relative position out of engagement at which they permit relative movement of said lid and cover and a second relative position in engagement at which they inhibit relative movement of said lid and cover, said elements occupying said first relative position with said lid adjacent to said top, and gravity responsive means for moving said elements to said second relative position as said lid moves away from said top.

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