Copy paper storing and feeding apparatus

Claim 1

In a copying machine wherein copy paper is stored in roll form and utilized for making copies of original documents, apparatus for storing and feeding the copy paper, said apparatus comprising: A. a frame, B. means mounting said frame in the copying machine adjacent one end thereof for relative movement with respect to the copying machine between an operative copy paper feeding position wherein said frame is disposed within the copying machine and an inoperative copy paper loading position wherein said frame is disposed exteriorily of the copying machine, C. support means carried by said frame for rotatably supporting a roll of copy paper on the peripheral surface of said roll of copy paper with said roll of copy paper being free to rotate on said support means when said frame is in said operative copy paper feeding position, D. copy paper feeding means mounted within the copying machine for intermittently withdrawing a predetermined length of copy paper from said roll, said copy paper feeding means being disposed adjacent the end of the copying machine through which said frame is moved between said operative and inoperative positions, and, E. guide means carried by said frame and defining a copy paper path from said copy paper roll support means to said feeding means, said path extending generally upwardly from said roll support means and thence generally downwardly to said feeding means, said guide means comprising a subframe pivotally mounted on said frame adjacent the outer end thereof and movable therewith, said subframe being normally disposed in a vertically upright position and carrying guide rollers at the upper and lower ends thereof to define said copy paper path when said subframe is in said upright position.