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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Takanori Kanda, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Kosugi, Hachioji, JP;
Keisuke Tanaka, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Ueda, Hachioji, JP;
Akitoshi Matsubara, Hachioji, JP;
Minoru Asakawa, Hachioji, JP;
Jun Yokobori, Hachioji, JP;
Chikatsu Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Takaaki Sakai, Hachioji, JP;
Junji Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshinao Kitahara, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a plurality of storing units for storing respective recording materials of various sizes; a plurality of feeding members for feeding out the recording materials from each of the storing units; a conveyance path along which the recording materials being fed out by each of the feeding members are conveyed; a plurality of conveying members for conveying the recording materials along the conveyance path; an image forming section for forming an image on the recording materials conveyed along the conveyance path; and a plurality of first regulators provided at respective predetermined positions with respect to corresponding ones of each of the storing units for regulating at least a maximum size of the various sizes of the recording materials while at least at a part of each of the recording materials is fed out from the respective corresponding storing units.