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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1985
Kimiaki Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Sayama, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kitahara, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Honjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic feeder for feeding an original to be copied to a station for reading the original, includes an original supporting station for supporting an original to be copied, a first original passage for feeding the original from the original supporting station to the original reading station, a second original passage, communicatable with the reading station, for unidirectionally conveying the original away from the reading station, a third original passage communicatable with the second original passage, a fourth original passage, communicatable with the third original passage, for unidirectionally conveying the original away from the third original passage, a fifth original passage, communicatable with the fourth original passage, and a sixth original passage, communicatable with the fifth original passage, for unidirectionally conveying the original away from the fifth original passage to the original reading station.