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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Asai, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroharu Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Takeshi Morikawa, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroyasu Ito, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399407 ; 270 32 ;
Abstract
An image forming system has a folding unit which can fold in two a sheet of paper at a position being slightly offset from the center of the sheet of paper. When an index mode is designated and a location where an index sheet is to be inserted, an index sheet which size is twice the size of a sheet of regular paper is supplied and fed to the folding unit, then is folded and fed to a tray where sheets of regular paper are stacked.