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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tooru Watanabe, Toyokawa, JP;
Masataka Oda, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
27126501 ; 271152 ; 271213 ;
Abstract
In a document transport apparatus for an image forming system, a pair of trays are provided above the glass platen of the image forming system. A feed tray is spaced above the platen glass and is used to feed documents to be copied one at a time to the glass platen. A discharge tray is spaced above the feed tray for receiving the documents from the glass platen as the documents are copied. The discharge tray is automatically moved to a retracted position, out of the way of the feed tray, when the discharge tray is absent any documents.