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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Taruki, Hiratuka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399361 ; 399367 ; 399401 ; 399405 ;
Abstract
An auto document feeder feeds and ejects original documents in order of the pages. A duplex and simplex image forming unit forms an image based upon information of the document read by a reading unit. The simplex or the duplex copy sheets are ejected into an injecting portion formed by an upper wall, a bottom wall and a side wall so that an operator can access the receiving portion from the front side of the image forming apparatus. A copy sheet inverting device between the auto document feeder and the ejection portion causes the copy sheets to be stacked on the receiving portion in order of the pages.