Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman, Langer & Chick, P.C.
Document feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
An apparatus for feeding a both-sided document having images on both sides thereof is provided with a document stand; a reading section; a feeder having a feeding passage and to feed the both-sided document from the document stand to the reading section along the feeding passage; a pair of reversing rollers provided on a reversing passage to reverse the both-sided document after an image of the both-sided document is read at the reading section and to reefed the reversed both-sided document from the reversing passage to the feeding passage so that an image on another side of the both-sided document is read at the reading section; a pair of ejecting rollers provided on an ejecting passage and to eject the both-sided document to a delivery section after the images on both sides of the both-sided document are read at the reading section; and a switching mechanism to connect an outlet passage of the reading section to one of the reversing passage and the ejecting passage; wherein one of the pair of reversing rollers and one of the ejecting rollers are mounted coaxially on a shaft.
Konica Corporation
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Nobutaka Kazuaki Satoru Osamu Junichi Kazuhiro
Kato Ito Endo Kato Fujita Hirota