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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1996
Kenichi Suzuki, Isehara, JP;
Keiji Ohkoda, Yokohama, JP;
Tomohiro Kudo, Tama, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording or reading apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is provided with a non-processed sheet storage portion, a processed sheet storage portion arranged to be parallel to the non-processed sheet storage portion, a sheet processing unit for performing recording processing or reading processing of recorded information for a sheet, the sheet processing unit having an optical unit for executing optical scanning for reading or reading in a main scanning direction of the sheet, and being arranged vertically and in parallel between the non-processed and processed sheet storage portion, and a sheet feed mechanism for feeding a non-processed sheet from the non-processed sheet storage portion to the sheet processing unit, and feeding a processed sheet from the sheet processing unit to the processed sheet storage portion. The sheet processing unit executes processing on a sheet which is being picked up from the non-processed sheet storage portion by the sheet feed mechanism or on a sheet which is being stored in the processed sheet storage portion.