Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1994-02-23
1995-01-24
Grimley, A. T.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
271 31, 271213, 355309, G03G 2100
Patent
active
053846249
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet mounting unit for accommodating sheets, a moving unit for automatically moving the sheet mounting unit between a feed position within a main body of the image forming apparatus for feeding the sheet and a drawn position wherein the sheet mounting unit is drawn from the main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein the moving unit includes a driving device for generating a driving force to automatically move the sheet mounting unit. Also provided are an image forming unit for forming an image on the sheet, a conveying unit for feeding and conveying a sheet from the sheet mounting unit at the feed position to the image forming unit, a sheet detection unit for detecting a stoppage of the sheet being conveyed by the conveying unit, and a control unit for controlling the moving unit to automatically move the sheet mounting unit from the feed position to the drawn position according to a detection by the sheet detection unit.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Dang Thu Anh
Grimley A. T.
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