Rank Xerox Ltd.

Akira Sasahara

Kiyoshi Ishikawa

Satoshi Shino

Shigeru Shibasaki

Shinji Takashina

A dual purpose cassette is disclosed that allows the feeding of sheets in either a short edge or long edge direction. The cassette has openings on the short edge and long edge of its base and side portions so that depending on which direction the cassette is inserted into the machine sheets can be fed in the longitudinal or lateral directions.

Paper feed cassette

A stripping mechanism for removing copy paper from a heated fuser roll includes a first pair of stripping pawls spaced a first distance suitable for optimally stripping copy paper of a first size and a second pair of stripping pawls supported independently from the first pair and spaced a second distance suitable for optimally stripping copy paper of a second size. The first and second pairs of pawls contact the fuser roll at different locations along the circumference thereof.

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Ebina, Japan

Akira Sasahara