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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Toshio Sakata, Toyohashi, JP;
Masayoshi Kuroda, Toyokawa, JP;
Taiichi Oominami, Chiryu, JP;
Tomonobu Tamura, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A copying machine which has a function to contain sheets, each of which has an image on a first side, in a refeeding unit and refeed the sheets for forming an image on a second side. The refeeding unit has an intermediate tray, a pick-up roller for refeeding the sheets one by one and a containing section for feeding the sheets to the intermediate tray. Each of the sheets is fed into the intermediate tray by a first or a second roller of the containing section. The containing section is movable along a transporting way and set at such a position that the first and the second roller are positioned corresponding to the size of sheets to be contained in the intermediate tray.