Recycling automatic document feeder for feeding documents of various size for use with a copier
US5096177A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B27/6264
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A recycling automatic document feeder for a copier which feeds a stack of documents loaded on a document table one by one to a predetermined exposing position, returning the document to the top of the stack after imagewise exposure, and refeeding such documents one by one to the exposing position. A discharge section is movable on and along the table in an intended direction of document feed. The document feeder is capable of returning documents of various sides easily to the top of the document stack which is located at a document feed position on the table.
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