Copying machine

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The copying machine body has a housing 8 in which a reading section A for reading the image data of an original and a recording section B for reproducing the image data of an original on a recording sheet are incorporated.
The reading section A has an original supplying tray 10, on which sheet-shaped originals are stacked.
The bottom one of the stacked originals is fed between a supply roller 14, driven by an electric motor 12, and a pressing member 16 and is further run between a supply roll 18 driven by the motor 12 and a cooperating roll 20 abutted against the supply roll 18.
The original is further run between a feed roll 24 driven by a motor 22 and a pinch roll 26 abutted against the feed roll 24 to a platen 28.
These components form an automatic original feeding device.
After passing the platen 28, the original is nipped between a feed roll 30 driven by the motor 22 and a turn-over roll 32 abutted against the feed roll, thus passing therethrough.
The original thus passed is run around the turn-over roll 32 with the aid of a turn-over guide 34, thus being turned over.
Then, the original is discharged (delivered) to a discharged original receiving tray 38 after passing between the turn-over roll 32 and a discharging roll 36 abutted against the turn-over roll 32.
A fluorescent lamp 40 is disposed below the platen 28, over which an original is moved, to illuminate the original.
Light reflected from the original is reflected by a mirror 42 through a plurality of lenses 44 to a plurality of image sensors 46.
These lenses 44 and image sensors 46 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the drawing, in such a manner that an optical path from the platen through the mirror and the lenses to the image sensors is minimized, and especially such that an optical path from the lenses to the image sensors is minimized.
Image data signals from the image sensors 46 are supplied to a read/record control device (not shown) which is provided separately from the copying machine body