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US 2004/0056409 A1Published application
Sheet feeding device with plural sheet feeding means feeding in opposite directions to sheet post-processing system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorWataru Kawata
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Abstract
A feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and a feeding tray for feeding sheets from the right side thereof are disposed on a multiple inserter, and selectively employing the feeding tray for feeding sheets from the left side thereof and the feeding tray for feeding sheets from the right side thereof allows reversal actions of sheets to be eliminated.
Claims24
A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a plurality of sheet trays which are vertically disposed for storing sheets;
- a plurality of sheet feeding means for feeding sheets stored in the plurality of sheet trays;
- and
- a plurality of transport paths for transporting the sheets fed by the plurality of sheet feeding means,
- wherein a sheet feeding direction of sheets stored on at least one of the plurality of sheet trays is a direction opposite to a sheet feeding direction of sheets stored on another of the plurality of sheets trays.
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A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a sheet tray for storing sheets;
- two sheet feeding means for feeding sheets stored on the sheet trays;
- and
- two transport paths for transporting sheets fed by said two sheet feeding means, wherein each of said two feeding means feeds sheets from the sheet tray in a direction opposite to the another.
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A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a plurality of sheet trays for storing sheets;
- a plurality of sheet feeding means for feeding sheets stored in the plurality of sheet trays;
- and
- a plurality of transport paths for transporting the sheets fed by the plurality of sheet feeding means,
- wherein a sheet feeding direction of sheets stored on at least one of the plurality of sheet trays is a direction opposite to a sheet feeding direction of sheets stored on another of the plurality of sheet trays, and the sheet feeding means feeds and inserts the sheets between two of a plurality of sheets transported from the image formation apparatus.
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A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a pair of feeding trays which are vertically disposed;
- a pair of sheet feeding units, each disposed adjacent a respective one of the pair of sheet feeding trays;
- and
- a pair of transport paths respectively connected to the pair of sheet feeding units,
- wherein a sheet feeding direction of each of the pair of sheet feeding units is opposite to the other of the pair of sheet feeding units.
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A sheet feeding device comprising:
- a feeding tray;
- a pair of sheet feeding units, each disposed adjacent the feeding tray;
- and
- a pair of transport paths respectively connected to the pair of sheet feeding units,
- wherein a sheet feeding direction of each of the pair of sheet feeding units is opposite to the other of said pair of sheet feeding units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.