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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1992
Toshiyuki Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Takano, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Ogushi, Shiroi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus, which includes a recording unit adopting serial recording type ink-jet recording means, and which can arbitrarily supply one recording sheet to the recording unit without warping (curling) a recording sheet, and has an optimal arrangement capable of decreasing the installation area, includes a main body forming the outer surface of the facsimile apparatus, the recording unit arranged in the main body; an original reader arranged in an upper portion of the main body; an original insertion port for an original, which port is formed in the upper surface of the main body; a sheet insertion port for a recording sheet, which port is formed in the upper surface of the main body; an original discharge port for the original, which port is formed in the front surface of the main body; a sheet discharge port for the recording sheet, which port is formed in the front surface of the main body; an original convey path for conveying the original from the original insertion port to the original discharge port through the original reader; and a recording sheet convey path for conveying the recording sheet from the sheet insertion port to the sheet discharge port through the recording unit.