Copying apparatus having automatic document feeder
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsAkira Hirose, Yukitaka Nakazato
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Abstract
A copying apparatus includes an automatic document feeder, a document size detecting part provided on the automatic document feeder for detecting a size of a document, a contact glass on which the document is set automatically by the automatic document feeder, a stopping position control device for controlling a stopping position of the document on the contact glass depending on the size of the document detected in the document size detecting part, an optical scanning device for scanning the document on the contact glass, and a scanning range control part for controlling a scanning range of the optical scanning device depending on the stopping position of the document.
Claims15
A copying apparatus comprising:
- an automatic document feeder for feeding a document in a document feeding direction;
- document size detecting means provided on said automatic document feeder for detecting a size of the document;
- a contact glass on which the document is set automatically by said automatic document feeder;
- stopping position control means for controlling a stopping position of the document on said contact glass depending on the size of the document detected in said document size detecting means;
- an optical scanning device for scanning the document on said contact glass in a scanning direction which is opposite to the document feeding direction;
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- scanning range control means for controlling a scanning range of said optical scanning device depending on the stopping position of the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.