Document feeder having a curved document transportation path
US5946540A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 12, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2513/50
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A document feeder which has a document transportation path curved with a curvature radius such that a document original is reversed and fed therethrough to a document setting surface. The document feeder further includes a pair of rollers respectively disposed inside and outside of the curvature of the document transportation path in an opposed relation and adapted to hold the document original therebetween for guiding the document original to the document setting surface. The rollers abut against each other in a position upstream of the vertex of the curvature of the document transportation path with respect to a document transportation direction.
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