Hybrid paper supply module and image forming apparatus equipped with such hybrid paper supply module
US7347637B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2407/21
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Mechanism unit(s) 6 functioning as automatic-feed cassette(s) and mechanism unit(s) 7 functioning as manual-feed tray(s) together form a single integral module, constituting hybrid paper supply module 5. Manual-feed mechanism unit(s) 7 is or are arranged below transport paths 36, 37, which extend toward printing unit(s) 3. Furthermore, path(s) along which recording paper P taken up from automatic-feed cassette mechanism unit(s) 6 is transported and path(s) along which recording paper P taken up from manual-feed mechanism unit(s) 7 is transported are made to intersect within the module, decreasing length(s) of respective path(s).
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