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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Satoshi Choho, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic document feeder provided with a pre-feed function, in which during reading an originals, a succeeding original is fed to an entry of a reading station and keep it there includes an original stacking tray for stacking originals; a separator for separating a single original from the stacked originals on the stacking tray; a driver for driving the separator; a feeder for feeding the original separated by the separator; a second driver for driving the feeder; a conveyer for conveying the original fed by the feeder; a third driver for driving the conveyer; and a controller, provided with detector disposed downstream of the feeder, for stopping the original adjacent an inlet of the conveyer.