Canon GP405, GP605, GP160, Gp-335, Gp-605v Service Bulletin GP605-04

Service Bulletin

Issued by Canon Europa N.V.

COPIER

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GP605

ADF REVERSING FLAPPER

PREVENTING ADF REVERSING FLA PPER FROM STAYI NG OPEN

To communicate countermeasures to take by way of serv icing the machine for the possibility of
putting one’s hand on the reversing flapper and allowing it to stay open while clearing a jam that has
occurred in the ADF.

<Symptom>
The user in the course of clearing a jam in the ADF tries to manually open the flapper at the lower part
of the ADF, and finds oneself that the flapper stays open.

<Cause>
In the course of clearing a jam at the lower part of the ADF, the lower g uide cover indicates that it
should be opened w ith the hands, but dependi ng on how the use r opens it, the flapper stays open.

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DATE:

GP605-004 Rev. 2
(FF-T01-K1-000011-03)

10.08.99

<Factory measure>
The reversing flapper has been extended with a change in the shape to prevent overriding the guide
plate. (Fig. 1)

Guide plate

This part extended.

[Old] [New]

Fig. 1

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GP605-004 Rev. 2

Servicing :

< Procedure for implementing countermeasures >

1) Remove the 2 binding screws at the bottom

of the ADF. (Fig. 2)

Screws

Fig. 2

2) Remove the 1 screw from the right face of the

ADF. (F ig. 3)

Screw

3) Remove the 1 screw from the upper cover
assembly, and remove the front cover
(upper/lower). (Fig. 4)

Fig. 3

Screw

Front cover
(Upper/Lower)

Fig. 4

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