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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Takeshi Marumoto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Bypass sheet-feeding section for an electro-statographic image reproducing apparatus employing vertical sheet transport from sheet supply cassettes to the image reproducing section. The bypass sheet-feeding section serves to hold special copying sheets such as cardboard, OHP sheets, and surface-coated paper; but it can also serve to hold a stack of, for example, conventional-sized copy paper. The bypass/stack sheet-feeding section is fitted with drawer guides, and includes a sheet-loading plate, a sheet-feeding pickup roller, a sheet-feed plying roller pair and a mechanism for moving the loading plate vertically. The bypass/stack sheet-feeding section can be withdrawn integrally when it is pulled out from the side of the copier main unit. In an electrostatographic image reproducing apparatus configured in accordance with the invention, at least the document table, the document-reading section, the sheet-feeding cassette installation section, and the bypass sheet-feeding section are arranged vertically in the copier casing into positions approximately stacked from a plan aspect. Thus the occupied installation area is significantly reduced.
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