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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Chikara Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Masakazu Hiroi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akimaro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuya Yamazaki, Toride, JP;
Tomohito Nakagawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Takayuki Fujii, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet original conveying apparatus having an original reverse apparatus and in which originals stacked on a tray are separated one by one by a separation means and a separated original is supplied to a reading portion for reading an image. It comprises a first convey path provided at a downstream side of the separation means in a supplying direction to direct the supplied original to the reading portion, a second convey path branched from the first convey path to direct the supplied original to the reading portion after a travelling direction of the original is reversed in a travel reverse portion, and a switching means disposed at a branched area between the first and second convey paths to switch the first and second convey paths from one to the other.