Automatic document feeder and conveying belt mechanism of automatic document feeder
US6062559A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2404/268
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic document feeder of a type having a document inverting mechanism beside a document sending-in path is disclosed which, when a document located at a document exposure position is to be inverted, operates a conveying belt mechanism in a predetermined direction to convey the document by a predetermined amount in a direction away from a document positioning member, then brings a document positioning member to a retreat position, and then operates the conveying belt mechanism in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction to convey the document to the document inverting mechanism.
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