Copying machine

Details Copying machine Copying machine

1996-09-10

1998-10-13

Smith, Matthew S.

Electrophotography

Document handling

Original

399371, 399372, 399410, 271227, 271902, G03G 1500

Patent

active

058226729

ABSTRACT:
A copying machine having a two-in-one copying mode comprises a document feeder means 65, 75 and three conveying means 90, 95, 101. The feeder means 65, 75 feeds a document toward a glass platen 29 one by one to stop the document at a first-out position. The first conveying means 90 conveys the document fed by the feeder means 65, 75 onto the glass platen. The second conveying means 95 conveys the document conveyed by the first conveying means 90 along the glass platen 29 until the rear end of the document reaches at a predetermined switch-back position, then conveys the document to the opposite direction to retreat a predetermined distance, and then conveys the document as well as a succeeding document stopped at the first-out position such that the front end of the document situated on a downstream side of the document conveying direction may be aligned with a exposure reference SP, and then discharging the documents to the downstream side of the document conveying direction after exposure. The third conveying means 101 for conveying the documents discharged by the second conveying means 95 from the glass platen 29 to a discharge section 115.

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