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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiro Kasiwabara, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Mukasa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399381 ; 399110 ; 399401 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus with an image forming device, sheet containers, sheet discharge unit for discharging the sheet on which the image was formed onto the stacking tray, convey path for directing the sheet to the image forming device, switching unit for selectively directing the sheet to the discharge unit or the convey path and for directing the sheet from the convey path to the discharge unit, and convey rollers for conveying the sheet along the convey path means toward a direction extending from the switching unit to the image forming device or an opposite direction.