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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1998
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The preset invention relates to a sheet conveying apparatus equipped with a tray which couples feed port and discharge port to each other by a continuous surface. The tray comprises a first surface adjacent to the feed port for placing thereon sheets to be fed, a second surface adjacent to the discharge port for placing thereon discharged sheets, the second surface being tilted up so that the front end of the discharged sheet is positioned upper than the rear end thereof, and a bent portion at which the end of the first surface at the discharge side and the end of the second surface at the feed side are coupled to each other. A length of the first surface ranging from the bent portion to the feed port in the sheet conveyance direction is larger than one half of the length of a feedable maximum size sheet in the sheet conveyance direction. A length of the second surface ranging from the discharge port to the bent portion in the sheet conveyance direction is larger than one half of the length of a feedable minimum size sheet in the sheet conveyance direction.