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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Kosuke Takaki, Kasuga, JP;
Yoshihiro Itoh, Onojo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide a paper feeding apparatus which is miniaturized by inclining a conveying passage and can quickly feed a manuscript even if the manuscript is thick, there is provided a paper feeding apparatus in which a conveying passage for a manuscripts is formed so as to continuously connected with a hopper on which the manuscripts are placed, and the manuscripts placed on the hopper are picked up one by one from an uppermost one thereof and fed to the conveying passage, wherein the conveying passage is inclined in the height direction so that the hopper side thereof is downward, and the angle of the hopper can be set so as to be arranged in a straight line in accordance with the inclination of the conveying passage.