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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1999
Tomohiro Mizutani, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Yasushi Kuratani, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hideaki Nogi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming machine includes an image forming section for receiving a sheet supplied in a supplying direction, printing an image on the sheet, and discharging the printed sheet in a discharging direction opposite to the supplying direction while changing the sheet upside-down; a sheet supplying table situated adjacent to the image forming section, the sheet supplying table stacking the sheet to be supplied to the image forming section; a sheet discharging table situated adjacent to the image forming section and disposed vertically relative to the sheet supplying table, the sheet discharging table stacking the sheet having the image printed thereon and discharged from the image forming section; driving mechanism attached to the sheet supplying table and the sheet discharging table for vertically moving the sheet supplying table and the sheet discharging table in directions opposite to each other.