Multifunction graphic engine based on an oscillating scanner

Claim 1

A graphic engine comprising: a support member for supporting both an array of image-reading elements and an array of image-marking elements, said image-reading elements and said image-marking elements being arranged parallel to an axis of said support member; an image-reading station including means for maintaining a document to be read in image-reading relationship to said image-reading elements; an image-marking station including means for maintaining a record-receiving member in image-marking relationship to said image-marking elements; means for suspending and oscillating said support member in spaced relationship to said image-reading station and said image-marking station, said means including: a frame; flexure means mounted on said frame and attached to said support member for allowing oscillating movement of said support member in a direction parallel to said axis of said support member and in spaced relationship to said image-reading station and said image-marking station, said flexure means being a multiple compounded cantilever spring; oscillating means mounted on said frame and connected to said support member for oscillating said support member; and means for providing relative movement between a document to be copied and a record-receiving member and said image-reading station and said image-marking station, respectively.