Recirculating document handler and image forming apparatus equipped therewith

摘要

An automatic document handler adapted for transporting an original document to a reading portion in an image forming apparatus. The automatic document handler is provided with an accommodating portion the reading portion for accommodating stacked original documents therein, a supplying member for supplying a lowermost original document of the stacked original documents one by one to the reading portion, a transporting member for transporting on the reading portion the original supplied by the supplying member and returning the original to the accommodating portion, a counting member for counting the number of the original documents and a control member for controlling the supplying member so as to change the timing for the start of the supplying of the original document according to a count value counted by the counting member.