Image forming apparatus

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2007-05-08

2007-05-08

Colilla, Daniel J. (Department: 2854)

Electrophotography

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C399S381000, C399S390000, C399S407000

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10998903

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus, such as a printer, having a frame member, wherein there is provided, inside the frame member and on the upstream side of a sheet discharging portion with respect to the sheet conveying direction, a buffering device equipped with a rotary member capable of forward and reverse rotation, and wherein there are formed, along the peripheral surface of the rotary member, a buffering path for causing sheets to stay temporarily, a part of a sheet processing path for conveying sheets to a sheet processing apparatus, and a part of a re-conveying path for re-conveying sheets to an image forming portion.

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