Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Sadao Ishihara

Toshihiko Sakow

Isao Katayama

Masaaki Sakai

Taro Etoh

Touma Shimoyama

In a word processor which includes a display unit, a keyboard unit and a printer, the display unit and the printer being viewable by an operator of the keyboard unit, a paper guide device which is detachably mountable on the printer to feed paper to be printed on into the paper inlet slot of the printer has a flat guide surface against which the paper to be printed on can be positioned and a draft holding member which is movable between a first position which allows paper which is placed against the flat guide surface to be supplied into the paper inlet slot and a second position wherein draft paper placed against the flat guide surface will be supported thereon for viewing by an operator of the keyboard unit.

Paper guide of printer for word-processor

Combined copy machine and storage support or similar article

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Copying machine

A document hold-down device in a copying apparatus includes a rectangular relatively stiff plate and a relatively stiff anchoring bar spaced from and parallel to the plate rear edge, the bar and plate being sandwiched between flexible synthetic resin sheets which envelope the bar and plate and are bonded to each other along their coinciding borders and preferrably along a hinge defining line intermediate the proximate edges of the sheet and bar. Fastening members releasably anchor the bar to the apparatus proximate the document support plate. Advantageously, to accommodate thick documents, a second bar is disposed between the anchoring bar and plate and enveloped between the flexible sheets which are bonded to each other along hinge lines along opposite sides of the second bar. A resilient sponge sheet may underlie the plate to accommodate uneven documents. A handle is provided at the plate outer edge and a device is provided for alternatively swinging the hold-down device toward open and closed positions or to retain it in an intermediate position.

Document hold-down cover for use in copying apparatus

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Sakai, Japan

Sadao Ishihara