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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1992
Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Hachioji, JP;
Susumu Okui, Hachioji, JP;
Yasushi Yamada, Hachioji, JP;
Mitsuru Nagoshi, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveyer for conveying a sheet so that an image of a document is duplicated on both sides of the sheet by an image forming machine such as a photocopy machine. The sheet conveyer has; a first conveyance path for conveying the sheet to an image forming section of the image forming machine; a second conveyance path for conveying the sheet from the image forming section to a tray; the tray for holding the sheet; a third conveyance path for conveying the sheet from the tray to the image forming section; and, a pair of nip rollers, located at the vicinity of the tray, for holding the sheet conveyed through the second conveyance path, and forwarding the sheet into the third conveyance path; in which the sheet conveyance apparatus has a first mode that the sheet is forwarded into the third conveyance path by the nip rollers without being placed on the tray, and a second mode that the sheet is once placed on the tray and forwarded into the third conveyance path by the nip rollers.