Patent ID: 6081688
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: G03G,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A both-face automatic original feeding apparatus wherein a plurality of originals having images on their first and second surfaces are successively supplied from an original stacking position to a reading position for reading an original, and a surface of each original is reversed through a switch-back path after the first surface of the original passes through said reading position, thereby supplying the original to said reading position again to direct the second surface of the original to said reading position, comprising:an introduction path for directing the original supplied from said original stacking position to said reading position;a first discharge path for directing the original to said switch-back path after the original passes through said reading position;a surface reverse path for directing the original from said switch-back path to said reading position after reversing a first surface and a second surface of the original; anda control means for controlling said apparatus in such a manner that a preceding original is switched back to convey the preceding original in said surface reverse path while a succeeding original is being passed through said reading position, and, when a trailing end of the succeeding original leaves said reading position, a tip end of the preceding original after being switched back reaches said reading position.