Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1989-06-13
1990-12-04
Grimley, A. T.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
271186, 271291, 271902, 355308, 355318, 355319, 355321, G03G 2100
Patent
active
049757490
ABSTRACT:
An automatic document feeder (ADF) used with an image processing apparatus, such as copier, has an original table for stacking thereon a plurality of originals to be scanned. A first and second receiving trays are each provided for receiving therein the originals. A first conveying mechanism is provided for conveying the originals from the feeding tray to an original supporting station of the ADF in order from the uppermost original and is able to reverse each of the originals upside down while conveying the same. A second conveying mechanism is provided for conveying a single-sided original from the station to the first receiving tray, without reversing the original upside down, after the scanning of one side of the original has been completed. A third conveying mechanism is provided for removing a double-sided original from the station and then returning the original to the station, while reversing the original upside down, after the scanning of one side of the original has been completed. A fourth conveying mechanism is further provided for conveying the double-sided original from the station to the second receiving tray, while reversing the original upside down, after the scanning of the other side of the original has been completed.
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Koike Tadao
Noguchi Kouichi
Takahashi Hiroshi
Tsunoda Kouichi
Grimley A. T.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Smith Matthew S.
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