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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1996
Shunji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Choho, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an original-feeding device and method, originals are conveyed from an original-tray on which a bundle of originals can be mounted to an original-reading mount. A control unit controls an original-conveying operation so as to separate and feed originals from the bundle of originals mounted on the original-tray onto the original-reading mount either from an uppermost original or from a lowermost original. The control unit can control the original-conveying operation to juxtapose two consecutive originals on the original-reading mount irrespective of whether the originals are fed from the uppermost or lower-most original. In addition, the number of originals in the bundle can be counted if certain conditions exist.