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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1994
Izumi Hamanaka, Hachioji, JP;
Mitsuru Nagoshi, Hachioji, JP;
Toshio Yokoyama, Kiyose, JP;
Toshitaka Matsumoto, Asaka, JP;
Hiroshi Gomi, Urawa, JP;
Masaru Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Sekiguchi, Asaka, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A copying machine equipped with an automatic document feeding device has a document stacker on which a plurality of documents can be stacked, a feeding section in which a sheet of document is separated from plural documents stacked on the document stacker and is fed to an image reading section, a conveyance section in which the document fed to the image reading section is conveyed and is stopped at a predetermined image reading position and then the document, after being read, is conveyed, and a sheet-ejecting section which is located at the downstream side in the conveyance direction from the image feeding section and ejects the document fed out of the conveyance section to a delivery tray. A document trailing edge detector is provided on the document stacker, a pass of the trailing edge of the last document on the document stacker is detected, and detection signals therefrom are sent to a main body of the copying machine to control a sheet feeding of the sheet feeding section of the copying machine.