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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kato, Odawara, JP;
Atsushi Ogata, Mishima, JP;
Daisuke Kaneko, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kazushi Ino, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tomoyuki Iwakoshi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Ichiro Yasumaru, Mishima, JP;
Masaru Aoki, Numazu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding portion configured to feed a sheet to a sheet conveying path; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a sheet discharging portion configured to discharge the sheet; a sheet re-conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed to the sheet conveying path again; an original feeding portion configured to feed an original; an original feeding path configured to guide the original to the sheet re-conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the original; an original discharging path configured to guide the original guided along the sheet re-conveying path to an original discharging portion; and an original conveying portion configured to convey the original which has been guided along the original feeding path toward the original discharging path.