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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Masashi Suda, Iruma, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus with a first accommodating cassette for accommodating sheets, a second accommodating cassette arranged above the first accommodating cassette and adapted to accommodate sheets, an image forming device arranged above the second accommodating cassette and adapted to form an image on the sheet, a first sheet guide path for feeding the sheet from a first end of the first accommodating cassette to an image forming station, and a second sheet guide path for feeding the sheet from a second end of the second accommodating cassette and joined to the first sheet path. A curl correction device causes sheets from different cassettes to bend in the same direction.