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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
Yoshifumi Shibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Tetsuya Kagawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yuichi Kuroyanagi, Kariya, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image copying apparatus of the present invention comprises a document drawing-in port for drawing an original document before reading operation in and a document discharging port for discharging the original document after reading operation, and copies images of the original document on a medium. The image copying apparatus further comprises trays more than two which are movable upward and downward within a range covering a document feeding position to the document drawing-in port, a receiving position from the document discharging port, and a bottom region located further lower than the lower of these positions. At least one of the trays moves to a position within the bottom region, a tray on which an original document is placed moves to a document feeding position, and another tray moves to a document receiving position.