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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1994
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A document feeding apparatus includes a device for successively forwarding sheets accommodated in a state of stacked layer one by one; a transporter for receiving a sheet forwarded by the forwarding device and forwarding the sheet in a predetermined transport direction; a detector for detecting a sheet being transported by the transporter; and a controller for controlling operation of the transporter based on a result of a detection conducted by the detector, wherein the controller positions a rear end of a preceding sheet by transporting the sheet for a predetermined distance after the rear end of the sheet is detected by the detector, and positions a leading end of a following sheet at a predetermined position by transporting the following sheet for the predetermined distance after the leading end of the following sheet is detected by the detector, whereby the rear end of the preceding sheet and the leading end of the following sheet correspond with each other, and thereafter, the two sheets are forwarded simultaneously.