Abstract: This specification discloses a sheet conveying device for correcting oblique feeding of sheets and conveying the sheets in a predetermined direction of conveyance. The sheet conveying device has first sheet conveying apparatus for conveying sheets, second sheet conveying apparatus provided downstream of the first sheet conveying apparatus with respect to the direction of conveyance, and apparatus for forming a loop between the first and the second sheet conveying apparatus by the conveying force of the first sheet conveying apparatus and thereafter displacing the second sheet conveying apparatus holding a sheet thereon in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction of conveyance.

Abstract: A photographic copying apparatus of the type in which a copy is guided through a hermetically sealed drying chamber disposed behind a developing liquid tank so that the copy may be dried by heat produced in the drying chamber is improved in that at least one heating plate is provided for guiding the copy thereon.

Abstract: A copying apparatus in which thin or thick originals such as individual sheets or thick books are selectively driven over an illumination slit aperture, characterized by a transparent book support such as a glass plate connected to a known transport mechanism for individual sheets such as a pair of transport rolls. The book support is located on the extension of the transport mechanism, and the transport mechanism and the book support are selectively movable together.