Automatic document feeder and image forming device
US6814353B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2801/39
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automatic document feeder comprising a reversing device and a discharge device is disclosed. The reversing device and the discharge device are disposed such that the distance in the horizontal direction from an original document reading position in the automatic document feeder to the discharge device is longer than the distance in the horizontal direction from the original document reading position to the reversing device. This configuration allows the use of original documents whose length in the transport direction is short, and also shortens the transport path in the automatic document feeder as well as the amount of time needed to read an original document. Furthermore, this configuration increases the visibility of original documents discharged to the discharge tray by the discharge device because the discharge device is disposed relatively far away from the original document reading position.
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