Patent ID: 6262752
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for performing recording processing or reading processing on a sheet, comprising:a supply magazine for storing non-processed sheets;a receive magazine for storing processed sheets, the supply magazine being arranged to be parallel to the receive magazine;an optical scanner having a scanning mirror, disposed between said supply magazine and said receive magazine, for scanning a light beam directly on the sheet while the sheet is moving, wherein a scanning plane of the light beam defined by the optical scanner is substantially parallel with said supply magazine and with said receive magazine and extends between them; anda sheet feeder for feeding one of the sheets from said supply magazine to said receive magazine along a feed path at which the light beam is directly scanned on the sheet, said sheet feeder including a pair of rollers for pinching and moving the sheet,wherein said supply magazine, said receive magazine, said sheet feeder and said optical scanner are arranged such that a trailing end of the sheet is within said supply magazine when said optical scanner begins the recording or reading, or arranged such that a leading end of the sheet is within said receive magazine when said optical scanner completes the recording or reading.