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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1989
Kazushi Takimoto, Kadoma, JP;
Yasushi Kamezaki, Sakai, JP;
Koji Maekawa, Kyoto, JP;
Kiyoshige Kameda, Higashi-Okasa, JP;
Hiroyuki Fujita, Sakai, JP;
Katsunori Masai, Amagasaki, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic document conveying device for an image-processing machine including a housing having on its upper surface a transparent plate on which to place a document to be processed. The device includes an opening-closing frame member mounted on the housing so that it is free to pivot about a pivot axis extending along the rear edge of the transparent plate between a closed position at which it covers the transparent plate and an open position at which it exposes the transparent plate to view; a stationary frame member to be mounted on the housing adjacent to the upstream end of the transparent plate; a document table disposed on the stationary frame member; a document sending unit for sending a plurality of sheet-like documents placed on the document table to a document carrying-in passage one by one; and a document carrying-in unit for introducing the sheet-like documents sent to the document carrying-in passage toward the transparent plate. A conveyor belt unit is disposed in the opening-closing frame member. The conveyor belt unit includes a unit frame mounted in the opening-closing frame member, a shaft to be driven and a follower shaft mounted on the unit frame in spaced-apart relationship in the conveying direction, and an endless belt wrapped about the driven the shaft driven follower shaft.