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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Hiroshi Watanabe, Yamato, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus has a recording unit for recording, in response to image information, an image on a sheet conveyed through a common convey path, a first sheet support disposed at an upper part of a main body of the recording apparatus to obliquely support stacked sheets, a first automatic supply unit for automatically supplying the sheet supported by the first sheet support, a second sheet support disposed at a lower part of the main body of the recording apparatus to support stacked sheets horizontally, a second automatic supply unit for automatically supplying the sheet supported by the second sheet support, a first sheet supply path for conveying the sheet supplied from the first automatic supply unit sloped downwardly toward the common convey path, a second sheet supply path for surface reversing the sheet supplied from the second automatic supply unit and conveying the sheet toward the common convey path, and a third sheet supply path disposed between the first and second sheet supply paths.