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Copying apparatus capable of handling original having protruding portion

US5848320A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 1996
Grant dateDec 8, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00523
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A copying apparatus includes a first cassette for stacking recording sheets each having a protruding portion, a second cassette for stacking recording sheets having no protruding portion, a detecting unit for detecting a protruding portion of an original to be copied, and a copy unit for copying an image of an original onto the recording sheet fed from the first cassette in the case where the protruding portion of the original is detected by the detecting unit and for copying the image of the original onto the recording sheet fed from the second cassette in the case where the protruding portion of the original is not detected by the detecting unit.

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