Document scanner having an improved book support assembly

摘要

A document scanner in which a book is supported by a trough shaped support which is movable up and down in order to place the book in contact with the scanner housing. The housing includes a wedge-shaped portion having at least one window through which a page of the book can be scanned. In addition to being movable into contact with the wedge-shaped housing the book support assembly is rotatable in order to scan the opposite page of the book and is fully adjustable to accommodate books of different sizes and thicknesses. The scanner housing is provided with a lamp to illuminate the page to be scanned and a scanning element which sequentially scans the book or document.