Automatic manuscript sheet feeder
AssigneePlus Corporation
InventorsKouichi Minami, Mitsuru Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Torikai
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Abstract
The present invention discloses an automatic sheet feeder to feed manuscript sheets onto and discharge the same from the top of the overhead projector. The automatic sheet feeder comprises a stage glass on which the manuscript is to be set, a common feeding rollers for forward and backward rotations to feed the horizontally or vertically positioned manuscript and a side feeding roller located at a side of the stage glass to carry the manuscript with pressing the upper face of a side edge of the manuscript.
Claims4
An automatic manuscript sheet feeder to be used for feeding manuscript sheets for an overhead projector comprising:
- a base for placement on the overhead projector,
- a stage glass mounted onto said base,
- a manuscript tray,
- a manuscript receiver,
- common feeding rollers for forward and backward rotations to feed the manuscript sheet from the manuscript tray to the stage glass and to discharge the manuscript sheet from the stage glass,
- side feeding rollers located at one side of the stage glass to make forward and backward rotations keeping pressurized contact with an upper face of a side edge of the manuscript sheet,
- control means to determine the positioning of the manuscript sheet which is being fed and to control rotations of the common feeding rollers and the side feeding rollers corresponding to the determined positioning of the manuscript sheet, and
- a guide plate to guide the manuscript sheet discharged by the rotation of the common feeding rollers toward the manuscript receiver.
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