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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Masatoshi Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
Shizuo Hasegawa, Urayasu, JP;
Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Inagi, JP;
Atsushi Matsumoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Abe, Tama, JP;
Hiroshi Kaburagi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Takiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirokazu Kodama, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A copying apparatus includes a first cassette for stacking recording sheets each having a protruding portion, a second cassette for stacking recording sheets having no protruding portion, a detecting unit for detecting a protruding portion of an original to be copied, and a copy unit for copying an image of an original onto the recording sheet fed from the first cassette in the case where the protruding portion of the original is detected by the detecting unit and for copying the image of the original onto the recording sheet fed from the second cassette in the case where the protruding portion of the original is not detected by the detecting unit.