Copying apparatus equipped with automatic document feeder for feed cut sheets and continuous feed sheets
US5515150A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 15, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00227
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A copying apparatus provided with an automatic document feeder having two sheet-discharging modes. One is a first-discharging mode in which a cut-sheet document subjected to exposure processing in an image reading section is conveyed to a sheet discharge section disposed on the downstream side, and the document is inverted in the sheet discharging section and then discharged to the outside of the apparatus. The other is a second sheet-discharging mode in which a continuous document is discharged from the sheet discharge section to the outside of the apparatus. The copying apparatus includes a pair of carrying-out rollers disposed on the downstream side of the image reading section in the sheet discharging section, and also includes a pair of reversible inversion conveyance rollers, and further includes a sheet discharge tray disposed on the downstream side of the inversion conveyance rollers, wherein a nip position of the pair of inversion conveyance rollers is disposed at a position higher than a nip position of the pair of carrying-out rollers on the upstream side.
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