Mounting apparatus for optical sensor having screw piles with annular fitting boards

Abstract

A mounting apparatus for an optical sensor, applied to an optical scan module. A screw pile with a filet slot head, a washer and a screw nut are used to mount the base plate of the charged-couple device to the main body. Therefore, it is easy to adjust the skew in the direction parallel to the base plate of the charged-couple device and the depth of focus.

1. A mounting apparatus for an optical sensor, applied to an optical scanner module which comprises a main body and an optical sensor, and the optical sensor having a base plate with a plurality of through holes, the mounting apparatus comprising:
 a plurality of screw piles, each of which includes a nut side and a bolting side, wherein an annular fitting board is inserted between each pair of the nut sides and the bolting sides ; and  
 a plurality of screw nuts, each of which is screwed with one of the screw piles at the nut side thereof, such that the base plate is restrained to the screw piles between the  annular fitting boards and the screw nuts.  
 
     
     
       2. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein each bolting side is fixed to the main body, and each nut side has a filet slot thereon. 
     
     
       3. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of washers inserted to the screw piles at the nut sides between the screw nuts and the base plate. 
     
     
       4. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises a plurality of slot openings, each of which further includes a threaded hole therein, so that each bolting side is locked in one of the threaded holes, and the annular fitting boards are positioned in the slot openings, while a depth of the slot opening is larger than a thickness of the annular fitting board. 
     
     
       5. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein glue is dispensed at a connecting part between the bolting side of each screw pile and the main body to allow the screw piles fixed to the main body. 
     
     
       6. An optical scanner module, used scan a document, comprising:
 a main body;  
 a light source, disposed in the main body to radiate the document, so as to obtain an image light;  
 a reflecting mirror set, installed in the main body along an optical path of the image light;  
 an optical lens, located along the optical path after the reflecting mirror set;  
 an optical sensor, mounted in the main body and located along the optical path after the optical lens, the optical sensor having a base plate with a plurality of through holes;  
 a plurality of screw piles, each of which has a nut side, a bolting side, and an annular fitting board therebetween, wherein each nut side is threaded into one of the through holes; and  
 a plurality of screw nuts, screwed with the screw piles at the nut sides, so that the base plate is restrained between the annular fitting boards and the screw nuts.  
 
     
     
       7. The optical scan module according to  claim 6 , wherein each of the bolting sides is locked to the main body, and each nut has a filet slot thereon. 
     
     
       8. The optical scan module according to  claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of washers inserted to the screw piles at the nut sides between the screw nuts and the base plate. 
     
     
       9. The optical scan module according to  claim 6 , wherein the main body further comprises a plurality of slot openings, each of which further includes threaded holes therein, so that each bolting side is locked in one of the threaded holes, and the annular fitting boards are positioned in the slot openings, while a depth of the slot opening is larger than a thickness of the annular fitting board. 
     
     
       10. The optical scan module according to  claim 6 , wherein glue is disposed at a connecting part between the bolting side of each screw pile and the main body to allow the screw piles to be fixed to the main body. 
     
     
       11. A method, comprising:
   disposing a bolting side of one or more screw connectors through one or more threaded holes in an optical scan module; and        disposing a nut side of the one or more screw connectors through one or more through holes in an optical sensor base plate, the optical sensor base plate coupled to an optical sensor; and        engaging one or more nuts to the respective nut side of the one or more screw connectors to mount the optical sensor base plate to the optical scan module, wherein the optical scan module includes an optical lens forming at least a portion of an optical path, such that the optical sensor is mounted substantially in the optical path of the optical lens.     
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the screw connector include annular fitting boards to separate the bolting side from the nut side of the screw connector, and wherein the optical sensor base plate is restrained between annular fitting boards and the screw nuts of the screw connectors. 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising adjusting a skew of the optical sensor base plate and corresponding optical sensor relative to the optical path. 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising adjusting a depth of the optical sensor base plate with slits disposed on respective ends of the nut sides of the one or more screw connectors. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the threaded holes lock in the bolting side of the screw connector, and wherein the annular fitting boards are positioned in slot openings in the optical scan module, the slot openings having a depth larger than a thickness of the annular fitting board. 
     
     
       16. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising engaging a plurality of washers inserted to the screw connectors at the nut sides between the nuts and the optical sensor base plate. 
     
     
       17. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising affixing the bolting side of the one or more screw connectors to the optical scan module. 
     
     
       18. A mounting apparatus for an optical sensor, applied to an optical scanner module which comprises a main body and an optical sensor, and the optical sensor having a base plate with a plurality of through holes, the mounting apparatus comprising:
   a plurality of screw piles, each of which includes a nut side and a bolting side, wherein an annular fitting board is inserted between each pair of the nut sides and the bolting sides; and        a plurality of screw nuts, each of which is screwed with one of the screw piles at the nut side thereof, such that the base plate is restrained to the screw piles between the annular fitting boards and the screw nuts.     
     
     
       19. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein each bolting side is fixed to the main body, and each nut side has a filet slot thereon. 
     
     
       20. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 18 , further comprising a plurality of washers inserted to the screw piles at the nut sides between the screw nuts and the base plate. 
     
     
       21. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein the main body further comprises a plurality of slot openings, each of which further includes a threaded hole therein, so that each bolting side is locked in one of the threaded holes, and the annular fitting boards are positioned in the slot openings, while a depth of the slot opening is larger than a thickness of the annular fitting board. 
     
     
       22. The mounting apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein glue is dispensed at a connecting part between the bolting side of each screw pile and the main body to allow the screw piles fixed to the main body.