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US 4,537,497 AGranted
Image recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShunichi Masuda
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus such as a copying machine is capable of both sides recording and overlay recording. In the overlay record mode, after a predetermined format for stock certificates or the like is recorded on transfer sheets, different names or the like are recorded on the format. The apparatus can automatically control the operation sequence without requiring complex mechanisms and procedures.
Claims13
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- recording means for recording an image on a sheet, said recording means being capable of operating in a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode;
- feeding means for feeding the sheet to said recording means so as to allow overlay recording on the same side of the sheet on which an image has been previously recorded by said recording means;
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- controlling means for controlling said recording means and said feeding means such that after image recording is performed on a desired number of sheets in the first mode, the overlay recording of an image on the same sides of the sheets is allowed in the second mode, and wherein said first and second modes are maintained, once they are commenced, until the image recording or the overlay image recording on the desired number of sheets is completed.
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An image recording apparatus comprising:
- recording module for recording an image on a sheet;
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- sheet processing module attachable to and detachable from said recording module for automatically receiving and temporarily storing the sheet on one side of which the image has been recorded by said recording module from which the sheet is conveyed thereto, and for re-transmitting the sheet to said recording module to perform further image recording selectively and alternatively on the same side of the sheet on which the image has been recorded, or on the other side of the sheet which is different from the side of the sheet on which the image has been recorded.
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- recording means for recording an image of an original on a sheet, said recording means being operable in a first mode in which the original is exposed in a stationary state and in a second mode in which the original is exposed in a moving state;
- feeding means for feeding the sheet to said recording means so as to allow overlay recording on the same side of the sheet on which the image is recorded by said recording means;
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- control means for controlling said recording means and said feeding means such that the overlay recording is allowed in the first and second modes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.