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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisahide Yushita, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Nonaka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271-31 ; 271 94 ; 271 98 ; 271 99 ; 271301 ;
Abstract
A recycling automatic document feeder (RADF) for a copier or similar image forming apparatus and capable of preventing curled or otherwise deformed documents from being damaged when such documents are recirculated. The RADF includes a parting plate for separating part of a stack of documents not undergone illumination from the other part undergone illumination and returned to the stack. When the parting plate is raised to a level above a predetermined height, the RADF is inhibited from returning the illuminated documents to the stack.