Reservation--type document feeder
US5822673A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H31/3081
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A document feeder having a main document setting plate for holding thereon a stack of document originals to be processed, an auxiliary document setting plate for holding thereon a stack of document originals to be processed after the processing of the document originals set on the main document setting plate, a transfer mechanism for transferring the document originals set on the auxiliary document setting plate to the main document setting plate, and a feeding mechanism for feeding the document originals set on the main document setting plate one by one to a processing position. The document originals are transferred from the auxiliary document setting plate to the main document setting plate in synchronization with the one-by-one document feeding from the main document setting plate to the processing position by the feeding mechanism.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.