Image formation apparatus, printer, copying machine, and facsimile device
US6681096B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S271/902
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image formation apparatus has a branching claw with a first guide surface along a side of a sheet to be fed into a reversing path and a second guide surface along a side of a sheet to be fed out of the reversing path. This branching claw is disposed so as to enable switching between a first switching position where the sheet is allowed to be fed into the reversing path through its conveyance along the first guide surface, and a second switching position where the sheet is allowed to be forwarded from the reversing path toward the downstream side of a sheet conveying path through its conveyance along the second guide surface.
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