Patent ID: 6215976
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
An automatic document conveyance apparatus comprising:(a) a document feeding section, on which a plurality of documents can be placed, that feeds the documents placed thereon one by one therefrom;(b) a zigzag reversal path through which each of the documents fed from the document feeding section is reversed with respect to front and back sides thereof;(c) a reading position forming device that forms an image reading position of each of the documents fed zigzag from and conveyed to the zigzag reversal path; and(d) a document ejection tray on which each of the documents is placed after being passed through the reading position forming device and ejected through an ejection paths;wherein the documents fed from the document feeding section are conveyed to the zigzag reversal path at which the documents are reversed by a U-turn movement, the documents are fed zigzag to the reading position at which one side of each of the documents is read, the documents are conveyed again to the zigzag reversal path at which the documents are reversed again, the documents are fed zigzag again from the zigzag reversal path to the reading position at which the other side of each of the documents is read, and then the documents are ejected from the reading position to the document ejection tray;wherein the document feeding section comprises a separation member that separates the plurality of documents one by one; andwherein the zigzag reversal Path is located under the document feeding section and over the document election tray.