Patent · US Expired

Reservation--type document feeder

US5822673A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 14, 1997
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 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.

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