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Original cover closer

  • US 6,006,064 A
  • Filed: 09/21/1998
  • Issued: 12/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An original cover closer adapted to support an original cover used on a copying machine and on which an automatic document feeder is additionally provided, including two types of original cover closers different in construction from each other;

  • one of the two types, comprising;

    a mounting member to be fixed on the copying machine body;

    a supporting member pivoted only at one side thereof to the mounting member to support the original cover closably and openably;

    a lifting member supported only at one side thereof on a free end of the supporting member pivotably in an opposite direction to the pivoting direction of the supporting member; and

    a resilient member provided between the mounting member and free end of the supporting member pivoted to the mounting member to support the original cover and act in such a direction as to cancel the weight of the original cover; and

    the other type of original cover closer including said one type of closer having no resilient member provided between the mounting and supporting members.

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