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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuo Fujiwara, Kawasaki, JP;
Norio Kanemitsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 1011 ; 271113 ; 271162 ;
Abstract
A document transport apparatus has a box-shaped housing, or case, having first and second openings provided in a sidewall of the case, a drawer movable into and out of the case through the first opening and a hopper part accessible through the second opening. A transport mechanism transports a document sheet, in the closed position of the drawer, from the hopper part and past an image reader/printer, for reading data from or printing data onto the transported sheet, to the stacker part.