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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Masataka Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Hiroi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Isobe, Tokyo, JP;
Akimaro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Fujimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohito Nakagawa, Matsudo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an original feeding apparatus comprising first original feeding means for directing an original to an original reading station from one side thereof in an original-stationary scanning mode in which the original is read while fixing the original at the original reading station, and second original feeding means for directing then original to the original reading station from the other side thereof in an original-through scanning mode in which the original is read while shifting the original along the original reading station.