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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Takashi Awai, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Terashima, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Takashi Awai, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Terashima, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading and recording apparatus provided with an image reading portion for reading the image of a document, and an image recording portion for recording an image on a recording sheet is provided with a first stacking portion for stacking thereon a first sheet which is one of the document and the recording sheet, a first feeding device for feeding the first sheet stacked on the first stacking portion, a second stacking portion for stacking thereon a second sheet which is the other of the document and the recording sheet, a second feeding device having a cut-away portion formed by cutting away a portion of the peripheral surface thereof and for feeding the second sheet stacked on the second stacking portion, and a lower guide member extending from the first stacking portion to the second feeding device for guiding the first sheet fed by the first feeding device, and when the first sheet is to be fed by the first feeding device, the second feeding device is stopped in a state in which the cut-away portion is opposed to the lower guide member so as to form between the cut-away portion and the lower guide member a gap through which the first sheet fed by the first feeding device passes.