Original pay-off device for an automatic original feed unit

摘要

An original pay-off device comprising an original supplying tray a pay-off roller, and a drive control means for lowering the original supplying tray away from the pay-off roller when originals are loaded on the original supplying tray, and lifting the original supplying tray into contact with the pay-off roller when the originals are payed off. The supplying tray is provided such that the whole or a part of the original supplying tray can be vertically moved or oscillated with respect to a roller for use in paying off originals. The pay-off roller is positioned with its circumferential surface within the range of displacement of the original supplying tray and which is rotated always or when the originals loaded on the original supplying tray are payed off.