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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1995
Yoshihiro Takashimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A document reading apparatus used in a printer or a facsimile. The apparatus includes a document reading confirmation mechanism for printing a character or mark on a document to allow confirmation of whether the document has been read by the document reading apparatus or not. The confirmation mechanism includes a movable guide plate and an auxiliary guide slidably engaged with and cooperating with the movable guide plate to provide together a guide surface for the entire surface of the document at all times when the movable guide plate is placed at any position. A printing head is mounted to the movable guide plate to record a document reading confirmation mark on the document while it is conveyed.