Image forming apparatus with a document feeder
US5624107A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00333
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A feed roller for feeding a document is disposed between a control panel and an original table on the top of a copier body. A document stocker provided rotatably relative to an original cover on the original table is rotated so as to cover the control panel, whereby the original cover is raised from the original table to create some clearance. In this situation, a document is inserted through the document stocker from a document inserting port. The document thus inserted is detected by the operation of a detecting lever, which activates the feed roller to convey the inserted document to the original table. As the rear part of the document thus conveyed is detected by the operation of the detecting lever, the feed roller is deactivated. In this condition, copying operation is carried out so that an image of the document conveyed onto the original table is formed.
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