Sheet transport system and apparatus for an image-forming apparatus with crossing sheet transport paths
US5915157A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 29, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/00631
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sheet transport system for an image-forming apparatus including a scanner unit on an upper part of an image-forming unit. A paper ejecting path ejects an image formed paper sheet to an ejected paper stacker via the image-forming unit. A scanning sheet path conveys an original document through an original document platform to a scanned paper stacker via the scanner unit. A sheet path selector selects one of the paper ejecting path or scanning sheet path, the scanning sheet path and the paper ejecting path crossing each other.
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