Paper transport device, especially for an electrophotographic copying device

摘要

The invention relates to a paper transport device, especially for an electrophotographic copying device, having a mechanism for raising in a pivoted manner the base plate (5) of a paper supply cassette (4) when said paper supply cassette is inserted in a paper feed compartment (2) by means of a pivoted lifting element (9) disposed in said compartment (2), the novelty of which paper transport device consists in the fact that a detector (13, 14) for ascertaining the existence of sheets of paper (X) on the base plate (5) of the cassette is installed in the pivoted element (9). <IMAGE>