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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1976
Herbert Schroter, Taunusstein, DT;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, , DT;
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for the transport through a copier of an original having a leading and a trailing edge, which comprises transporting the original at least once along a path wherein it passes in the stated order a third point, an illumination zone, a fourth point, a first point, a second point and, if transported more than once, the first point again wherein if the trailing edge has not passed the third point when the leading edge passes the second point the path length between the first and second points is extended and wherein if the trailing edge has not passed the second point when the leading edge passes the first point the path length between the illumination zone and the first point is extended and wherein the speed of the original past the first point may be increased relative to its speed in the illumination zone at least while an extended path is followed between the zone and the first point and after the trailing edge has passed the second point. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the process.