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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1990
Masahito Ohtsuka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Moritani, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Yagi, Machida, JP;
Yoshiro Tsuchiya, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Azeta, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Waragai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yukimachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus having a first image forming unit incorporating an image formation processing device therein, a sheet supply station for feeding a sheet to the first image forming unit, and a sheet ejecting station for ejecting the sheet on which an image is formed by the first image forming unit out of the image forming apparatus. Wherein a second image forming unit having the same function and size as those of the first image forming unit is mounted within the image forming apparatus and a sheet inlet of the second image forming unit is directly connected to the sheet ejecting station.