| 摘要 |
A document sheet feeding apparatus 24 for delivering successive documents to an imaging station of a copier 10, including a document input tray 21 for receiving documents to be copied, a cover 44 arranged to be guided between a first position, in which the tray 21 is uncovered, allowing documents to be loaded therein, and a second position in which the cover 44 covers the tray 21. A drive system is provided for automatically driving the cover 44 from the first position to the second position, and a control system 100 controls the drive system so that the cover 44 is automatically driven into the second position prior to a document feeding operation from the tray 21.
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