Copying apparatus having an automatic document feeder with document circulating function and a paper container with paper binding function
US4852867A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 8, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00827
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A copying apparatus comprises an image forming device, an automatic document feeder which has a document circulating function and a paper container which has a stapling function. The copying apparatus allows the selection either a stapling mode to staple copying papers or a non-stapling mode. If the non-stapling mode is selected during the stapling mode copying operation, the apparatus can execute the non-stapling mode for the rest of sets of copying papers after the completion of the stapling operation for the currently processed a set of copying papers.
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