Copy machine for a motor vehicle

• US 4,754,337 A
• Filed: 12/24/1986
• Issued: 06/28/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Hitoshi, Nohtomi, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Britton, Howard W.
• Application Number:
  US06/945,978
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 358/286, 358/285, 358/294, 358/256, 358/257, 455/345, 455/99
• US Class Current: 358/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00525 Providing a more compact apparatus, e.g. sheet discharge tray in cover
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00543 Allowing easy access, e.g. for maintenance or in case of paper jam H04N1/00538 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00551 Top covers or the like

Abstract

A copy machine designed specifically for mounting adjacent the console of a motor vehicle between the front seats thereof includes an elongated rectangular chassis having a cover member pivoted at one end thereof and an output table pivoted at the opposite end thereof with the upper surfaces of the cover member and output table defining an armrest surface. An image reader is mounted in the cover member and cooperating feed rolls are provided on a chassis and cover member for feeding an original document past the image reader and outwardly through an aperture in the upper surface of the output table. An input table is pivotally mounted coaxially with the cover member to provide a guide surface for feeding the original document between the cover member and the chassis. A printing mechanism including a paper supply is mounted in the chassis adjacent the paper feeder and an internal cover member directs the printed copy to a storage compartment which is accessible upon lifting the output table.

Claims

1. A copy machine comprising a chassis, a cover member pivoted on said chassis, paper feeding means for feeding an original document between said cover member and said chassis, reader means for reading an optical image on said original document and converting said optical image into an electrical signal;

said paper feeding means being mounted on one of said chassis and cover member and said reader means being mounted on the other of said chassis and cover member; and

tray means pivotally mounted on said chassis for movement between a first position overlying said cover member and blocking the entrance to said paper feeding means between said chassis and said cover member and a second position wherein said tray means defines a flat surface in alignment with the paper feeding means between said chassis and said cover member for directing an original document therebetween.

2. A copy machine comprising a chassis, a cover member pivoted on said chassis, paper feeding means for feeding an original document between said cover member and said chassis, reader means for reading an optical image on said original document and converting said optical image into an electrical signal;

said paper feeding means being mounted on one of said chassis and cover member and said reader means being mounted on the other of said chassis and cover member; and

printing means including copy paper supply means mounted on said chassis adjacent said paper reading means, a printed document storage compartment defined by said chassis and internal cover means pivotally mounted on said chassis in overlying relation to said copy paper supply means between said printing means and said compartment for guiding the printed copy paper from said printing means to said storage compartment.

3. An image reader as set forth in claim 2 further comprising an output table pivotally mounted on said chassis for pivotal movement between a closed position overlying said printing means, said copy paper supply means and said compartment and an open position to provide access for service and for printed copy removal;

said output table having an upper surface with an aperture and a lower inclined surface extending between said aperture and said paper feeding means in the closed position for receiving an original document from said paper feeding means subsequent to reading of said original document by said reader means.

4. A copy machine as set forth in claim 3 wherein said chassis, said cover member and said output table define in the closed position an elongated substantially rectilinear box-like structure adapted to be disposed adjacent a console box of a motor vehicle between the front seats thereof with said cover member and said output table defining an armrest structure.