Claims
- 1. A rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus, comprising:
- base means for carrying said rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus;
- storing means for storing copy material on which an image on a document is to be copied and for feeding the copy material from a predetermined feeding position;
- carrying means installed on said base means for carrying said storing means, said storing means being rotatable and movable forward and backward in a first direction on said carrying means, and wherein the first direction is a radial direction of rotation of said carrying means;
- first rotation driving means installed between said base means and said carrying means for rotating said carrying means;
- second rotation driving means installed between said storing means and said carrying means for rotating said storing means;
- moving means installed between said storing means and said carrying means for moving said storing means in the first direction, said moving means being level with said second rotation driving means;
- first rotation controlling means which controls said first rotation driving means to align the center of the copy material with a transport center line when the copy material is fed;
- second rotation controlling means which controls said second rotation driving means to switch a position of the copy material with respect to a second direction in which the copy material is fed and to position a leading edge of the copy material fed from said storing means at right angles to the second direction;
- movement controlling means which controls said moving means to move said storing means to the feeding position; and
- wherein said second rotation driving means is mounted on said moving means and is moved in the first direction together with said storing means.
- 2. A rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus, comprising:
- base means for carrying said rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus;
- storing means for storing copy material on which an image on a document is to be copied and for feeding the copy material from a predetermined feeding position;
- carrying means installed on said base means for carrying said storing means, said storing means being rotatable and movable forward and backward in a first direction on said carrying means, and wherein the first direction is a radial direction of rotation of said carrying means;
- first rotation driving means installed between said base means and said carrying means for rotating said carrying means;
- second rotation driving means installed between said storing means and said carrying means for rotating said storing means;
- moving means installed between said storing means and said carrying means for moving said storing means in the first direction, said moving means being level with said second rotation driving means;
- first rotation controlling means which controls said first rotation driving means to align the center of the copy material with a transport center line when the copy material is fed;
- second rotation controlling means which controls said second rotation driving means to switch a position of the copy material with respect to a second direction in which the copy material is fed and to position a leading edge of the copy material fed from said storing means at right angles to the second direction;
- movement controlling means which controls said moving means to move said storing means to the feeding position;
- wherein said moving means includes;
- driving means for generating a driving force for moving said storing means;
- transmitting means for transmitting the driving force to said storing means; and
- guiding means which guides said storing means to be moved in the first direction.
- 3. The rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus according to claim 2,
- wherein said driving means is a motor, and said transmitting means includes converter means for converting a rotation of said motor into a horizontal movement in the first direction.
- 4. The rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said transmission means includes:
- a series of gears for transmitting the rotation of said motor;
- a pulley to which the rotation is transmitted through said gears; and
- a wire which is wound around said pulley and installed parallel with said guiding means, both ends of said wire being fastened.
- 5. The rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus according to claim 2,
- wherein said guiding means is guide bars installed parallel with each other with said rotation shaft of said carrying means between them.
- 6. A rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus, comprising:
- base means for carrying said rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus;
- storing means for storing copy material on which an image on a document is to be copied and for feeding the copy material from a predetermined feeding position;
- carrying means installed on aid base means for carrying said storing means, said storing means being rotatable and movable forward and backward in a first direction on said carrying means, and wherein the first direction is a radial direction of rotation of said carrying means;
- first rotation driving means installed between said base means and said carrying means for rotating said carrying means;
- second rotation driving means installed between said storing means and said carrying means for rotating said storing means;
- moving means installed between said storing means and said carrying means for moving said storing means in the first direction, said moving means being level with said second rotation driving means;
- first rotation controlling means which controls said first rotation driving means to align the center of the copy material with a transport center line when the copy material is fed;
- second rotation controlling means which controls said second rotation driving means to switch a position of the copy material with respect to a second direction in which the copy material is fed and to position a leading edge of the copy material fed from said storing means at right angles to the second direction;
- movement controlling means which controls said moving means to move said storing means to the feeding position;
- wherein said moving means includes a moving plate for carrying said storing means, and
- wherein said second rotation driving means includes;
- turning force generating means for generating a driving force for rotating said storing means;
- a rotation shaft which passes through said moving plate and is mounted on the bottom surface of said storing means; and
- rotation transmitting means for transmitting the driving force to said rotation shaft.
- 7. The rotatable cassette-type feeding apparatus according to claim 6,
- wherein said moving means further comprising driving means for producing a driving force for moving said storing means in the first direction, said turning force generating means and said driving means being installed on a face of said moving plate so as to be level with each other.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
The application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/872,772 filed on Apr. 23, 1992, now abandoned.
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