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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shiro Saeki, Yokohama, JP;
Goro Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Ikesue, Tokyo, JP;
Fumitaka Hyodou, Okazaki, JP;
Kunihiro Uotani, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271-31 ; 271119 ; 271171 ; 271186 ; 271223 ;
Abstract
A recycling automatic document feeder for a copier which feeds a stack of documents loaded on a document table one by one to a predetermined exposing position, returning the document to the top of the stack after imagewise exposure, and refeeding such documents one by one to the exposing position. A discharge section is movable on and along the table in an intended direction of document feed. The document feeder is capable of returning documents of various sides easily to the top of the document stack which is located at a document feed position on the table.