Patent ID: 6118971
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
An original-feeding device in which originals are conveyed from an original-tray, on which a bundle of originals can be mounted, to an original-reading mount, comprising:separation means for selectively separating originals from the bundle of originals mounted to have a first page on top on the original-tray either from an uppermost original or from a lowermost original;convey means for conveying the originals from said separation means to the original-reading mount; andcontrol means for controlling said separation means and said convey means to juxtapose two consecutive originals on the original-reading mount irrespective of whether the originals are separated and fed from the uppermost original or from the lowermost original,wherein said control means controls said convey means to perform a first conveying sequence when the originals are conveyed from the uppermost original and a second conveying sequence, different than the first conveying sequence, when the originals are conveyed from the lowermost original, and further, the position of juxtaposing said two consecutive originals is reversed between said first conveying sequence and said second conveying sequence.