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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Fumiaki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Maki Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiaki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Maki Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic document feeder includes a sheet feeding tray on which a document is stacked; a slit glass on which the document is scanned while moving; a discharge path in which the document is conveyed after the document is scanned; a document discharge unit to which the document is discharged through the discharge path; and a stamp device that makes a mark on a scanned surface of the document being in the discharge path. The stamp device includes a printing unit that faces the scanned surface of the document. The printing unit is movable between a first position at which the printing unit faces the document being in the discharge path and a second position at which the printing unit is retracted from the discharge path.