Image forming apparatus

Details Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus

2008-01-15

2008-01-15

Mackey, Patrick (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Delivering

With transfer means between conveyor and receiver

C271S303000, C271S184000, C271S186000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07318585

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus to reverse a sheet, includes a branched conveyance path branched from a connection point between an entry and conveyance path and a reversal and conveyance path provided downstream of the entry and conveyance path. When a sheet conveyor feeds the sheet from the entry and conveyance path into the reversal and conveyance path, a controller controls a gate member to be opened on the basis of a detection result of a sensor to detect the sheet until a leading edge of the sheet passes the gate member, switches the gate member to be closed before a trailing edge of the sheet reaches the gate member, subsequently switches a sheet reversing and conveying member to rotate reversely after the trailing edge of the sheet passes the gate member, thereby feeding the sheet into the branched conveyance path.

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