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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1988
Soichi Iwao, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A copying apparatus which includes an original document platform, an original document transport device, an engaging/guiding member having an engaging face at its portion confronting one side edge face of an original document platform, a holding device for holding the engaging/guiding member so that the engaging face is movable upward and downward, and backward and forward, a first driving section for displacing the engaging/guiding member backward and forward, a second driving section for displacing the engaging/guiding member upward and downward, and a control device for controlling the first and second driving sections in such steps as to cause the engaging/guiding member to retreat backward, to move upward or downward, and to advance forward.