Bottom Plate Lift - Ricoh B064 Service Manual

ADF (B140 SERIES/B064 SERIES ONLY)

6.4.4 BOTTOM PLATE LIFT

[A]
[C]
[B]
B140D910.WMF
[A]: Bottom plate sensor
[B]: Bottom plate motor
[C]: Lift lever
When an original is placed on the original tray: The original set sensor switches
on, the pick-up roller drops, and sensor [around location A] (on the pick-up roller
assembly) switches off. Then, motor [B] lifts lever [C], raising the bottom plate.
When the bottom plate reaches the correct feed position: Sensor [A] switches
off and motor [B] stops.
During the job, when the top of the stack becomes too low: When the pick-up
roller drops low enough to switch sensor [A] on again, motor [B] switches on again
to raise the stack to the correct feed position.
SM 6-15 B064 Series/B140 Series/G126