Sheet conveying apparatus
US4873547A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 16, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0043
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes sheet accommodating cassette for accommodating sheets, a device for forming images on the sheets, a first sheet conveying passage for conveying the sheet to the image forming device from the sheet accommodating cassette, a conveyor for accommodating a bundle of sheets having been subjected to an image forming operation by the image forming means at first sides thereof in a form in which leading edges of the sheets are gradually deviated in a sheet advancement direction, and for conveying the bundle as a whole, a feeder, disposed downstream of the conveyor with respect to the sheet advancement direction, for feeding one by one the sheets of the bundle from the sheet closest to the feeder, a second sheet conveying passage merging into the first passage for refeeding to the image forming device the sheets fed by the feeder, and a confining device for confining the sheets of the bundle other than the sheet being fed by the feeder.
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