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Automatic original feeding apparatus having an image area designating function

US4908662A · kind A · utility

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2References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 1988
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00345
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic original feeding apparatus has a coordinates position detecting device provided with a supporting table for supporting thereon a sheet original of which the area during image formation is to be designated, a conveying device for directing the inserted sheet original to a predetermined position, and a feed device provided upstream of the conveying device and responsive to the termination of the area designation to change over to a feeding position and feed the sheet original on the supporting table to the conveying device.

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