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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJack K. Fullerton, Richard A. Beck, Fred B. Clark, Gordon B. Reid, Keith A. Nau
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A document reproduction system with a first large imaging platen on which documents are scanned by moving an imaging system thereunder, and an automatic document feeding system (ADF) for sequentially feeding documents to a directly adjacent smaller second (removable) imaging platen where the same imaging system may be stationarily positioned. A recess is provided between the opposing edges of the first and second platens extending substantially below their upper surface. The ADF has a document lead edge member extendable down into this recess to positively catch and deflect documents away from the upper surface of the second platen after the documents have been moved over this surface and imaged. The first and second platens are abutting at their lower surfaces, below the notch, to define a contiguous lower surface. The recess may be formed by an inclined beveled end of the first platen. The imaging station is preferably not centrally of the second platen, and the second platen reversible, to change the position of the imaging station thereon. The first and second imaging platens have coplanar upper and lower surfaces and are comonly mounted. The ADF has two trays which overlie the first platen and one another.
In a document reproduction system with a first large imaging platen on which documents placed thereon are scanned by an imager system moving under said first platen;
In a document reproduction system with a first large imaging platen on which documents may be placed thereon to be scanned by moving an imager system under said first platen, and a second and smaller imaging platen closely adjacent to said first large imaging platen, and an automatic document feeding system for automatically sequentially feeding documents to be imaged by moving the documents over the upper surface of said second imaging platen past a fixed position imaging station, and wherein said imager system is adapted to be stationary positioned at said fixed position imaging station for said imaging of said documents which are fed by said automatic document feeding system;
In a document reproduction system with a first large imaging platen on which documents may be placed thereon to be scanned by moving an imager system under said first platen, and a second and smaller imaging platen closely adjacent to said first large imaging platen, and an automatic document feeding system for automatically sequentially feeding documents to be imaged by moving the documents over the upper surface of said second imaging platen past a fixed position imaging station, and wherein said imager system is adapted to be stationary positioned at said fixed position imaging station for said imaging of said documents which are fed by said automatic document feeding system;
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