Patent ID: 7422205
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An original feeding apparatus for consecutively feeding originals at a predetermined interval to a reading position for reading images on the originals, comprising: a feeder tray for stacking the originals, a feeding device contacting an uppermost original on the feeder tray for kicking out the uppermost original, said feeding device rising and lowering relative to the feeder tray, a drive device for raising and lowering the feeding device, and a control device for controlling the drive device to change a speed of the feeding device to contact the uppermost original on the feeder tray according to a reading condition, wherein said control device includes an information attaining device for obtaining reading information for reading the originals, said control device changing the speed of the feeding device contacting the uppermost original on the feeder tray according to the reading information obtained by the information attaining device.