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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271233 ; 271-3 ; 271227 ; 271258 ;
Abstract
A document feeder for use with an image forming device such as a copy machine. An original document is first transported from an original document feed port toward an original exit port until a trailing end of the original passes a predetermined stop position whereat an imaging operation is to be carried out. By transporting until the trailing end passes the stop position, there is time for a previous original to exit from the original exit port. Then the original document is fed back toward the original feed port until the trailing end of the original is properly positioned so that the document can be imaged.