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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1994
Michio Kasuya, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus is constructed with a minimum number of parts in a size as compact as possible, capable of reading, recording, and receiving data automatically. The facsimile apparatus which has an original sheet conveying path for conveying an original and a recording sheet conveying path for conveying a recording sheet, comprising: a common sheet conveying path for conveying either the original or the recording sheet, and which is provided downstream of the original sheet conveying path and the recording sheet conveying path; feeder selection means, provided upstream of the common conveying path, for picking-up either the original or the recording sheet by selection; reading means, provided on the common conveying path, for reading the original led to the common conveying path by the feeder selection means; recording means, provided on the common conveying path, for recording on the recording sheet conveyed led to the common conveying path by the feeder selection means; and ejecting means for ejecting the original and the recording sheet.