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(11) EP 0 452 855 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.04.1992 Bulletin 1992/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/43

(21) Application number: 91105977.2

(22) Date of filing: 15.04.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03G 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 17.04.1990 JP 102638/90
22.03.1991 JP 58750/91

(71) Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Osaka 545 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Okamoto, Yuji
    Nara-shi, Nara-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: TER MEER - MÜLLER - STEINMEISTER & PARTNER 
Mauerkircherstrasse 45
81679 München
81679 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) A copying machine provided with a recirculating document feeding apparatus


    (57) In a copying machine provided with a recirculating document feeding apparatus (RDH) (1), the time required for the overall copying operation is reduced. In the copying machine provided with the RDH (1), there are cases where the copying operation is started after the number of the documents is counted. Maximum transporting speed of the document in the copying operation is a speed determined in accordance with minimum copying magnification. However, since the transporting speed of the document be set higher than the speed determined in accordance with the minimum copying magnification, the time required for the counting operation can be reduced. Thereby, the time required for the overall copying operation can be reduced.






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