Electrophotography – Document handling – Copy
Patent
1999-05-11
2000-04-25
Chen, Sophia S.
Electrophotography
Document handling
Copy
271 909, 271 911, 399388, G03G 1500
Patent
active
06055410&
ABSTRACT:
Bypass sheet-feeding section for an electro-statographic image reproducing apparatus employing vertical sheet transport from sheet supply cassettes to the image reproducing section. The bypass sheet-feeding section serves to hold special copying sheets such as cardboard, OHP sheets, and surface-coated paper; but it can also serve to hold a stack of, for example, conventional-sized copy paper. The bypass/stack sheet-feeding section is fitted with drawer guides, and includes a sheet-loading plate, a sheet-feeding pickup roller, a sheet-feed plying roller pair and a mechanism for moving the loading plate vertically. The bypass/stack sheet-feeding section can be withdrawn integrally when it is pulled out from the side of the copier main unit. In an electrostatographic image reproducing apparatus configured in accordance with the invention, at least the document table, the document-reading section, the sheet-feeding cassette installation section, and the bypass sheet-feeding section are arranged vertically in the copier casing into positions approximately stacked from a plan aspect. Thus the occupied installation area is significantly reduced.
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Marumoto Takeshi
Tsuji Hiroyuki
Chen Sophia S.
Mita Industrial Co. Ltd.
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