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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1974
Toshio Shiina, Yokohama, JA;
Masao Yaejima, Sendai, JA;
Tadayuki Sekiya, Yokohama, JA;
Toshiro Bando, Yokohama, JA;
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
An automatic original document supply device for electronic copying apparatus including a detection and control system, interposed between the original supply roller system and the original conveying and holding belt, which detects the passing of the trailing end of an original and produces a signal in response thereto for stopping the belt with the first original disposed in a predetermined illumination position and stopping the supply roller system with the next following original in a standby position. Over-running clutch arrangements are also provided in the supply roller system to permit the imposition of differential conveying speeds on the originals while passing the detection and control system, and to facilitate the reverse removal of an original from the supply roller system after positioning in the standby position.