Copying machine

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE: To reduce the occupying area of the copying machine on a desk and to facilitate the repair work of the copying machine, by putting paper feeding mechanisms at the upper part of the copying machine together, and placing a power source part, an electric control circuit part, and the like at separate locations. CONSTITUTION: An automatic paper feeding tray 5, a copying paper outgoing tray 9, a manual paper feeding guide 16, and the like are put together at the upper part of a cabinet 1 of the copying machine. In said device, the paper stacked on the automatic paper feeding tray 5 is fed by rollers 7, 7', and 10 which are driven by a stepping motor 12 one by one. When the tip of the paper reaches a resist sensor 14, it is stopped. Then, the stepping motor 11 sends the paper and an ink doner sheet 3 for every one line based on the video signal from a manuscript. At the same time, a thermal head assembly 4 performs printing on the paper. The paper is stacked on the outgoing tray 9 so that the copied printing side faces upward (meanwhile, when the rear edge of the paper passes the sensor 14, the motor 11 is stopped after the specified delay time). The manual feeding paper is fed through the paper feeding guide 16 and printed. COPYRIGHT: (C)1982,JPO&Japio

Inventors

• 👤 Yoshiki Kikuchi
• 👤 Hisao Nakajima
• 👤 Haruhiko Moriguchi
• 👤 Takashi Omori

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