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Automatic document conveying device

US5126787A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1991
Grant dateJun 30, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00185
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic document conveying device for an image processor having a transparent plate disposed on the upper surface of a housing for placement of a document to be processed thereon. The automatic document conveying device comprises a document introduction portion, a main portion and a document delivery portion. The document introduction portion includes an introduction portion frame member, a document table extending upstreams from the introduction portion frame member, a document introduction passage extending from the document table to the transparent plate inside the introduction frame member, a document sender for sending the document into the document introduction passage from the document table, and a document introductor for introducing the document onto the transparent plate from passage. The main portion includes a movable main portion frame member mounted to move between a closed position covering the transparent plate and an open position exposing the transparent plate to view, and the document conveyor that conveys the document along the transparent plate when the movable main portion frame member is in the closed position. The document conveyor includes a conveyor b…

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