Automatic original circulating and feeding apparatus
US4912501A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00198
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic original circulating and feeding apparatus apparatus comprises an original feeding base for receiving a plurality of originals thereon, which are piled up with image faces thereof turned downwardly, an original separating and feeding device for successively separating the piled up originals on the original feeding base one by one from a lowermost original and feeding them one by one in an order separated, a reversible and speed-changeable belt conveyor device disposed in an exposure part for exposing each of the originals fed, and a sensor disposed at a position separated by at least the largest original length from the original separating and feeding mechanism, for selectively setting a scanning copy mode or a sheet through copy mode and for controlling a position of the original for a copy mode selected.
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