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US 4,065,119 AGranted
Process and apparatus for transport of originals in a reproduction apparatus
AssigneeHoechst Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHerbert Schroter
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AssigneeHoechst Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHerbert Schroter
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This invention relates to a process for the transport through a copier of an original having a leading and a trailing edge, which comprises transporting the original at least once along a path wherein it passes in the stated order a third point, an illumination zone, a fourth point, a first point, a second point and, if transported more than once, the first point again wherein if the trailing edge has not passed the third point when the leading edge passes the second point the path length between the first and second points is extended and wherein if the trailing edge has not passed the second point when the leading edge passes the first point the path length between the illumination zone and the first point is extended and wherein the speed of the original past the first point may be increased relative to its speed in the illumination zone at least while an extended path is followed between the zone and the first point and after the trailing edge has passed the second point. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the process.
A process for the transport through a copier of an original having a leading and a trailing edge, which comprises transporting the original at least once along a path wherein it passes in the stated order a third point, an illumination zone, a fourth point, a first point, a second point and, if transported more than once, the third point, the illumination zone, the fourth point, the first point and the second point again, wherein if the trailing edge has not passed the third point when the leading edge passes the second point the path length between the first and second points is extended and wherein if the trailing edge has not passed the second point when the leading edge passes the first point the path length between the illumination zone and the first point is extended and wherein the speed of the original past the first point is increased relative to its speed in the illumination zone while an extended path is followed between the zone and the first point and after the trailing edge has passed the second point.
Apparatus for repeatedly transporting an original through a copying machine along a closed path, which comprises three transport means operable independently of each other, the transport means being first transport means for passing the original through an illumination zone, second transport means, downstream from the first, capable of continuously transporting the original either at the same speed as the first or at a higher speed than the first or to hold the original, and third transport means, downstream from the second, capable of transporting the original either at the same speed as the first or of holding the original,
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