Original aligning device
US4438918A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 1983 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/1311
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for preventing a sheet-like original, when conveyed to a position for reading the image information of the original, from being conveyed to the reading position in an oblique condition with respect to a proper direction. When the original 14, 25, 81 is conveyed along a guide surface 5 while being held between a ball, 8, 23, 33, 44, 51, 71, 75 and an opposed member 6, 22, 29, 31, 50, 70, 76, this device conveys the original at a certain angle with respect to the guide surface, thereby automatically correcting to a proper direction the original being obliquely fed.
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