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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Chikara Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Norifumi Miyake, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Fukazu, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsushige Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
When sheets with images formed thereon from an image forming apparatus and a special sheet such as a cover sheet are arranged in alignment into a bundle of sheets, conveyance of the special sheet from the stacking unit is started prior to conveyance of the sheets from the image forming apparatus, and the special sheet is temporarily halted on a conveyance path at a location intermediate between the stacking unit and a receiving unit, whereby no complicated operation by an operator is required and the productivity can be improved. Further, the special sheet will be switched (i.e. reversed) when it is conveyed to the receiving unit.