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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1992
Hirotaka Toki, Kashihara, JP;
Osamu Wakuda, Yamatotakada, JP;
Hiranaga Yamamoto, Nara, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagao, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A feeding apparatus has a large turntable mounted rotatably on a tray and two paper cassettes installed on the turntable. The paper cassette are movable in a radial direction of rotation of the turntable. Carriage driving mechanisms for moving the paper cassettes are controlled to move the respective paper cassettes to positions closest to the axis of rotation of the turntable when rotating the turntable so that the space occupied by the paper cassettes is minimized. A 180-degree rotation mechanism for rotating the turntable is controlled to rotate the turntable after the respective paper cassettes are moved to the positions closest to the axis of rotation of the turntable, for interchanging the paper cassette on a feeding side and the paper cassette on a non-feeding side. This enables a reduction in the size of the apparatus, irrespective of the sizes and positions of the paper cassettes on the feeding side and non-feeding side.