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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1996
Kazuhisa Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Jyun Kusakabe, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic document feeder according to the present invention is mountable on a copying machine. The automatic document feeder mounted on the copying machine is displaceable to a closed state and an open state with respect to the copying machine. In the closed state, originals can be automatically set on the copying machine by the automatic document feeder. When the originals are manually set on the copying machine, the automatic document feeder is brought into the open state. A tray 11 provided in the automatic document feeder is divided into a main tray 61 and a sub tray 62. The main tray 61 and the sub tray 62 are so connected to each other that their connected state is changeable to an extending state or a contracted state. When the automatic document feeder is brought into the open state, the connected state between the main tray 61 and the sub tray 62 is automatically brought into the contracted state.