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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1984
Manabu Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An original's size reading device for use in a continuously variable magnification type copying machine which automatically reads the size of an original placed on an original platen so that it is unnecessary to perform manual operations or calculations to adjust the magnification setting or copy size. A first mirror receiving a light beam from the original is provided below the stationary original platen with the first mirror being movable parallel to the platen. A light beam reflected from the first mirror is applied through a second mirror and a magnification varying optical system to the photosensitive element of the copying machine. The original's size reading device employed in this copying machine includes an original's edge detector for detecting the size of the original in association with the movement of a moving unit on which the first mirror is fixedly installed.