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Automatic document conveying device

US5143363A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1990
Grant dateSep 1, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2010

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 upstream 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 introducer for introducing the document onto the transparent plate from the document introduction 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 a transparent plate to view, and a 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 i…

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