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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Toshio Shida, Hachigi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Hachigi, JP;
Satoru Endo, Hachigi, JP;
Masanobu Kawano, Hachigi, JP;
Kazuaki Itou, Saitama-ken, JP;
Osamu Kato, Higashimurayama, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic document conveyance apparatus includes: a document feeding section on which a plurality of documents can be placed, for feeding documents one by one therefrom; a zigzag reversal path through which the document fed from the document feeding section is reversed with respect to front and back sides of each of the documents; a reading position forming device for forming an image reading position of the document fed zigzag from and conveyed to the zigzag reversal path; and a document ejection tray on which the document passed through the reading position forming device and ejected through an ejection path is placed. The document fed from the document feeding section is conveyed to the zigzag reversal path at which the document is reversed, the document is fed zigzag to the reading position at which one side of the document is read, the document is conveyed again to the zigzag reversal path at which the document is reversed again, the document is fed zigzag again from the zigzag reversal path to the reading position at which the other side of the document is read, and then the document is ejected from the reading position to the document ejection tray.