Abstract: Sequential control circuit for sequentially controlling the operation of mechanical equipment, for example, an electrophotographic copying apparatus including various devices having respective smaller devices is characterized in that a first train of clock pulses having a fixed predetermined frequency is converted into a third train of clock pulses whose respective pulses are in synchronism with respective pulses of a second train of clock pulses sequentially generated in accordance with respective driven rates of the sequentially driven devices, so that a respective digital timer circuit which is preset with operational time data of its respective device is capable of successively performing the decrement of the predetermined time in response to the respective pulses of the respective third train of clock pulses.

Abstract: A computer-controlled paper feeder comprises at least first and second supply units from which respective recording materials are supplied one at a time towards a processing station. There is provided a size detector for detecting the size of the recording material contained in respective cassettes inserted in the associated first and second supply units and an emptiness detector for detecting the presence and absence of the recording material in any one of the cassettes in the first and second supply units. These detectors are so correlated with micro-computer that, when the recording material in one of the cassettes has been consumed and the size of the recording material in the other of the cassettes has been found equal to that in the one of the cassettes, the corresponding supply unit is brought into operation to feed the recording material out of the other of the cassettes towards the processing station until the recording material in the other of the cassettes is completely consumed.

Abstract: A power feed control device for copying apparatus which merely requires closing of door or cover to set the apparatus to a power feedable condition after removal of jammed copying paper is disclosed. The device comprises a change-over switch responsive to opening and closing of the door to form normally opened contact and normally closed contact, said change-over switch is so arranged to be connected to a power source and also to a drive circuit as well as to a jam detecting circuit through the normally closed contact while the same is also connectable to a power feed control relay through the normally opened contact. The change-over switch being so connected that the opening of door will cut off the supply of power to said drive and said jam detection circuits whereas the closing of the door will automatically set the power feedable condition for said drive and jam detection circuits so as to enable the apparatus to resume copying operation.

Abstract: A copying apparatus which is equipped with a scanning system control device including means for judging sizes of copy paper sheets employed, means for detecting copying magnifications, and means for controlling movement of the scanning system of the copying apparatus so as to correspond to the area available for copying or copying coverage to be determined by the judged size and detected copying magnification. The movement of the scanning system is not controlled by the size of the original or copy paper sheet itself, but is regulated to correspond to the area available for the copying on an original platform to be determined by the copy paper size and copying magnification.