US 2002/0000689 A1 · IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS WHEREIN A PAPER FEED UNIT AND A PAPER STACK ARE ARRANGED IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION

Abstract

An image reading apparatus comprises a vertical type paper feed unit which feed paper into a printing unit, and a discharge unit which contains the paper discharged from the printing unit. The paper feed unit and the discharged unit are arranged in a vertical direction to the printing unit, which will allow the floor surface projection area to be reduced. Further, the paper is conveyed into one of discharge trays in accordance with its paper size. Thereby, the larger size paper is discharged underside the smaller size paper, accordingly, it does not occur for the paper discharged to the upper discharge tray to shield the paper on the lower stage discharge tray from the visual angle. Also, the confirmation of paper discharge and taking out can be easily carried out irrespective of the paper size.

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Dependent claims

An image producing apparatus wherein a paper feed unit and a paper stack are arranged in a vertical direction, comprising:

an image producing unit which produces images on paper;
a vertical type paper feed unit which is located in a vertical direction to the image producing unit, and feeds the paper to the image producing unit, wherein the paper are contained in an upright position;
and,
a paper stack which is located in a vertical direction of the image producing unit, and contains the paper discharged from the image producing unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/049,019Filed 27 Mar 1998

Published

3 Jan 2002

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

G03G 15/6538
Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material: devices for collating sheet copy material, e.g. sorters, control, copies in staples form
B65H 1/02
Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated: adapted to support articles on edge
B65H 1/28
Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated: compartmented to receive piles side-by-side
B65H 39/11
Associating articles from a single source, to form, e.g. a writing-pad: in superposed carriers

Image producing apparatus wherein a paper feed unit and a paper stack are arranged in a vertical direction

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Image producing apparatus wherein a paper feed unit and a paper stack are arranged in a vertical direction

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Abstract

Claims20