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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1991
Kazutaka Takemura, Osaka, JP;
Hirokazu Matsuo, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Morigami, Osaka, JP;
Wataru Hamakawa, Osaka, JP;
Takuma Ishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic original feeding handler adapted for transporting an original to a reading portion in an image forming apparatus. The automatic original feeding handler is provided with an accommodating portion upwardly provided with respect to the reading portion for accommodating originals stacked therein, a supplying member for supplying a lowermost original of the stacked originals one by one to the reading portion, a transporting member for transporting on the reading portion the original supplied by the supplying member and returning that original to the accommodating portion, a counting member for counting the number of the originals and a control member for controlling the supplying member so as to change the timing for start of supplying the original according to a count value counted by the counting member.