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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideharu Yoneoka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Saito, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271296 ; 271300 ; 271302 ; 271176 ; 270 5818 ;
Abstract
A sheet resident space is provided on an indexer of a sheet transfer system, and a controller stops the image recording apparatus upon detection of a sheet jam about the indexer and stops the sheet transfer system after keeping it operating for a predetermined time interval sufficient for the sheet transfer system to transfer all the sheets in the sheet transfer passage thereof to the sheet resident space.