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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1996
Tatsuo Fujiwara, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To provide a conveying apparatus which prevents a document being damaged by accidental opening and closing operations of the drawer portion, and a document reading apparatus; there is provided a medium conveying apparatus which at least includes a drawer type hopper or stacker which receives therein a medium and which is loaded in the apparatus body, so that the medium is fed from the hopper into a feed passage and is discharged into a stacker, wherein; a sensor is provided in the feed passage to detect the presence or absence of the medium in the feed passage, so that when the presence of the medium in the feed passage is detected by the sensor, control is carried out so as not to open or close the drawer type hopper or stacker.