Original sheet carrying and illuminating device for use in electrophotographic copying machine
US4043666A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1976 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/602
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An original sheet carrying and illuminating device for use in an electrophotographic copying machine and which is provided with first and second carrying means driven at a predetermined speed to carry an original sheet, the portion of the second carrying means participating in carrying the sheet being shorter than the first carrying means, the second carrying means being provided with means for pneumatically attracting the sheet onto the second carrying means, and there being further provided first and second lighting means selectively energized to illuminate either of the surfaces of the sheet.
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