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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Takuro Kusama, Kitanagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Takuro Kusama, Kitanagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A document feeding device includes a document placing tray, a document ejection tray disposed above the document placing tray, a feeding path, a first reversal path, a second reversal path, and a reversing mechanism. The document ejection tray has a flap portion capable of rocking up and down to provide a first ejection mode and a second ejection mode. The reversing mechanism is configured to temporarily eject part of a document to the document ejection tray.