Copying machine equipped with a movable original holder

• US 4,764,788 A
• Filed: 07/10/1987
• Issued: 08/16/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Kishimoto, Keiichi, Endo, Hirohisa, Watashi, Masahiro, Ueno, Yasunori, Nakamaru, Tooru, Mizude, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Prescott, A. C.
• Application Number:
  US07/072,073
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 355/3 R, 355/14 R, 355/75
• US Class Current: 399/214
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 27/6235 Reciprocating copy platens
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/605 Holders for originals or exposure platens for photographic purposes in general G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 21/1628 Clamshell type G03G21/1638 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 21/1647 Mechanical connection means
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2221/1636 for the exposure unit
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2221/1654 Locks and means for positioning or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2221/1657 transmitting mechanical drive power
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2221/1687 using opening shell type machines, e.g. pivoting assemblies

Abstract

A copying machine including an openable original cover, an original holder movably provided on the top of the main body of the copying machine, a locking mechanism provided in the main body of the copying machine and having a projectable lock lever for restricting the movement of the original holder by engaging the receiving parts of the original holder when the original holder is located at a predetermined position, and an ON-OFF detection mechanism for elevating the lock lever a predetermined amount in accordance with the opening and shutting movement of the original cover when the original holder is located at the predetermined position and actuating a switch for driving the detecting means of the original size.

Claims

1. A copying machine equipped with a movable original holder comprising:

an original holder movably provided on the top of the main body of copying machine and having a receiving part at a predetermined position thereof for engaging and disengaging a lock lever,

a original cover openably provided on the top of said original holder,

a locking mechanism provided in the main body of copying machine having a projectable lock lever for engaging and disengaging said receiving part so as to restrict and release the movement of said original holder when said original holder is located at the predetermined position, and means for driving said lock lever,

means provided in the main body for detecting the original size and a switch for driving said detecting means, and

an ON-OFF detection mechanism for elevating said lock lever to a predetermined amount in accordance with the opening and shutting movement of said original cover when said original holder is located at the predetermined position and actuating said switch.

2. A copying machine equipped with a movable original holder as defined in claim 1, wherein the switch for the original size detection means is actuated in accordance with the opening and shutting movement of said original cover with said original holder locked by said locking mechanism.

3. A copying machine equipped with a movable original holder as defined in claim 1 wherein said lock lever is constructed in such a way as to be projectable from the top of the main body of said copying machine which is always covered by said original holder.

4. A copying machine equipped with a movable original holder as defined in claim 1 wherein said ON-OFF detection mechanism has an original cover ON-OFF detection rod guided along the inner side of said lock lever and elevatable in accordance with the opening and shutting movement of said original cover, whereby said switch for driving said detecting means of original size is actuated by virtue of the elevation of said ON-OFF detection rod.

5. A copying machine equipped with a movable original holder as defined in claim 1 wherein means for reciprocatively driving said original holder is provided, whereby said locking mechanism is released at the commencement of the copying operation and said original holder is moved a small distance in the opposite direction to its normal moving direction by said reciprocating driving means.