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US 4,579,327 AGranted
Sheet handling device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsushi Furuichi
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Abstract
A high-speed compact sheet handling device is disclosed. In this device sheet members are supplied from a stacking table to a required position and are ejected at a higher speed from that position to the stacking table, and the functions of supply and ejection can be effected at the same time.
Claims17
An automatic original conveying device for conveying an original to a reading position and thereafter retracting the original from the reading position, comprising:
- means for supporting originals;
- feeding means for separating and feeding a lowermost one of the originals supported on said supporting means at a first speed;
- first guide means for leading the original fed by the feeding means to the reading position in a reversed state to that of the originals located on the supporting means;
- retracting means for retracting the original led to the reading position, at a second speed faster than the first speed, from the same side as that at which the original has been led to the reading position;
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- second guide means for returning the original to the supporting means from the same side as that from which the original has been fed, in a reversed state to that of said original retracted from the reading position.
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An original reading device for reading an original set to a reading position, comprising:
- means for supporting originals;
- feeding means for separating and feeding a lowermost one of the originals supported on said supporting means at a first speed;
- first guide means for leading the original fed by the feeding means to the reading position in a reversed state to that of the originals located on the supporting means;
- exposure means for exposing the originals led to the reading position by said first guide means;
- retracting means for retracting the exposed original led to the reading position, at a second speed faster than the first speed, from the same side as that at which the original has been led to the reading position;
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- second guide means for returning the original to the supporting means from the same side as that from which the original has been fed, in a reversed state to that of said original retracted from the reading position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.