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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410166 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a platen which is set at an image reading position, a loading guide portion which is arranged upstream in a convey direction of an original to be adjacent to the platen and guides the original to an upper surface of the platen, a ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401778 | Multi-sheet feed detection system A multi-sheet feed detection system comprises a photosensor configured to receive light emitted in a non-visible spectrum by a transmitter through at least one sheet, and a detection module configured to detect a multi-sheet feed condition based on an amount of non-... | 07/22/2008 |
| 6963430 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus which enables a reduction of FCOT by omitting a home position search and a shading compensation after an input of a reading instruction for a succeeding original when reading different originals successively. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6219511 | Image reading apparatus having a guide member and transport member An image reading apparatus has a reader to read document images and has a stationary image reading position. A transporter transports a document at constant speed onto the image reading position. The transporter includes a guide member and a transport mem... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5953574 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus An original document feeding apparatus introduces an original document to a reading position to read image information of the original document, provided is a first delivery passage for delivering the original document from the reading position, a second ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5878319 | Image scanner having a single contact glass and contact-type image sensor movable under automatic document feeder An image scanner includes a single contact glass placed on a main body. The contact glass has a first range through which a first original document is passed to be scanned, and a second range over which a second original document is placed to be scanned. ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5666609 | Copying machine and method for copying a designated area of an original document A copying machine and method for copying a designated area of an original document designates copying start and end positions. A controller controls partial copying in accordance with a first timing sequence corresponding to the copying start position and... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5604568 | Image forming apparatus A conveying unit conveys a recording sheet in a sheet conveying direction. A carriage includes a processing unit including an image carrier which is rotated about a rotational axis parallel to the sheet conveying direction. The processing unit forms a lat... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5448340 | Image reading device with dual exposure modes An image scanner serving as an image reading device reads an image of an original by an image sensor. A first read mode in which an image of a stationary on a transparent platen is read by moving the image sensor and a second read mode in which an image o... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5168310 | Original image transporting and reading apparatus An image reading apparatus is provided with a transparent plate horizontally disposed on which an image reading operation is performed, and a transporting device disposed above the transparent plate for transporting an original sheet to the transparent pl... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4891668 | Optical imaging system for a copying machine An optical imaging system for compensating for the image elongation inherent in the transferring and fixing process without introducing unsharpness in the image wherein the original moves in the object space relative to an optical system. The optical syst... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4885610 | Device for feeding originals to a copying machine A copying machine including a light exposure device having a stationary light source for illuminating an original to be copied and adapted to form an electrostatic latent image on a photo-sensitive member through exposure by said light exposure device. A ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4785325 | Adjustable speed control for a document imaging system A document imaging system incorporates a mechanism for adjusting the speed ratio between the document scanning system and the photoreceptor. A timing belt is connected between an adjustable tapered portion of a drive pulley mounted on the photoreceptor dr... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4684240 | Document scanning drum and flash exposure copier An electrostatographic printing system is disclosed as having a document supporting drum and an optical means for scanning a document for exposing the same to a moving photoreceptor belt. The belt and the drum have their surfaces moved in synchronism by a... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4508444 | Multimode document handling apparatus and reproducing apparatus containing same A multimode document handling apparatus and reproducing apparatus containing same are described wherein the document handling apparatus comprises an upper frame portion pivotally mounted along its rear edge to a lower base frame portion to provide open an... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4408870 | Duplicating system comprising electrophotographic copying apparatus and option devices A duplicating system comprises an electrophotographic copying apparatus which includes a first optical scanning system for making a slit exposure, a first document feeder for feeding a first document to be copied at a first speed with respect to the first... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4370055 | Duplicating system comprising electrophotographic copying apparatus and option device A duplicating system comprises an electrophotographic copier which includes a first optical scanning system for making a slit exposure, a first document feeder for feeding a first document to be copied at a first speed with respect to the first optical sc... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4017172 | Document feeding apparatus A document feeding apparatus and electrostatographic reproducing machine. The apparatus includes a viewing platen and a document feeder for feeding documents over the platen. The document feeder includes at least one feed member urged against the platen t... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3992093 | Apparatus for the preparation of copies during both directions of relative movement of an original A document copying machine is disclosed, of the type in which the original moves reciprocally relative to an illumination slot so as to be exposed line-by-line from one end to the other, a receptor element, which may be a copy sheet taken from a supply st... | 11/16/1976 |
