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Image reading apparatus

US5465172A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1993
Grant dateNov 7, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/32667
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original while transporting the original from an original tray to an image reading position. When an original once read has to be read again due to some trouble, the original is automatically transported to an original tray provided upstream of the reading position so that the original can be automatically read again without operator intervention.

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