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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Masami Maetani, Ageo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a sheet feeding unit, for an image forming apparatus, provided with a sheet stacking means for stacking the sheets for image formation, an external cover surrounding the perimeter of the sheet stacking means, and a substantially vertical reversal path provided at a side of the sheet stacking means and serving for sheet reversing, the unit comprises a slit-shaped aperture provided in the external cover substantially horizontally and an inclined path connecting the slit-shaped aperture and the lower end of the reversal path, whereby the sheet dropping into the reversal path for example by the jammed sheet disposal in the image forming unit is smoothly discharged to the exterior of the unit and is prevented from remaining in the reversal path.