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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Chikara Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Masakazu Hiroi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akimaro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuya Yamazaki, Toride, JP;
Yasuo Fukazu, Abiko, JP;
Tomohito Nakagawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Takayuki Fujii, Toride, JP;
Yuzoh Matsumoto, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an original conveying apparatus in which originals stacked on an original tray are separated one by one by a separation unit to be conveyed to a reading portion for reading an image, and then the read original is discharged. An original travel direction reverse path is disposed between the separation unit and the reading portion, a face turn-over path is provided for turning over the original discharged from the reading portion and for directing it to the reading portion again, and there is a control unit for continuously effecting, for the respective original, a first image reading mode in which the travel direction of the original is reversed in the original travel direction reverse path without turning over the front and rear faces of the original before the original is conveyed to the reading portion and then the image is read, and a second image reading mode in which the original is turned over in the original travel direction reverse path after the first image of the original was read at the reading portion.