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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1990
Tadao Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A paper conveying mechanism in an image forming apparatus has an image forming body section of a manual operating type provided with a forward conveying path for conveying a discharged sheet of recording paper having an image thereon on front and rear sides of the image forming apparatus; an after-treatment device for after-treating the sheet of recording paper and arranged in parallel to a side portion of the image forming body section; a perpendicular conveying path for conveying the sheet of recording paper discharged from the forward conveying path in a direction approximately perpendicular to the forward conveying path, the perpendicular conveying path being connected to the forward conveying path such that the sheet of recording paper is fed to the after-treatment device; a paper feeder for feeding the sheet of recording paper in the forward conveying path; a paper feeder for feeding the sheet of recording paper in the perpendicular conveying path; and a common change-over mechanism additionally disposed in the paper feeders in the forward and perpendicular conveying paths and selectively switching a conveying operation of the sheet of recording paper and a stopping operation thereof. The other paper conveying mechanisms are also shown.