Document discharging tray for an automatic document feeder
US5434660A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 22, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/60
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic document feeder for an image processing machine. The document feeder includes a main frame to be pivotally mounted on the image processing machine, a paper feeding unit, a paper discharging unit, and a conveyer belt for conveying papers from the paper feeding unit, across the image processing machine for image processing, to the paper discharging unit for discharge. A document discharging tray is positioned above the conveyer belt for receipt and stacking of papers discharged from a discharge port of the paper discharging unit. In the direction of document discharge, the document discharging tray has an ascending inclination, followed by a descending inclination. The ascending inclination and the descending inclination define a vertex spaced from the discharge port in the document discharging direction by more than one-half the length of the maximum-length document to be processed by the image processing machine.
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