Both-side recording system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHitoshi Fujino, Takashi Kitamura, Junji Ichikawa, Junichi Kimizuka
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Abstract
This specification discloses a both-side recording apparatus in which a sheet conveyed by first recording means for recording an image on a first surface of the sheet is reversed by sheet reversing means and directed to second recording means for recording an image on a second surface of the sheet, whereby images are recorded on the first and second surfaces of the sheet.
Claims8
A both-side recording system for recording images on both sides of a sheet, comprising:
- first recording means for recording an image on a sheet;
- second recording means for recording an image on a sheet;
- first and second reversing portions connecting said first and second recording means, said first and second reversing portions being adapted to reverse a sheet on one side of which an image has been recorded by said first recording means and leading the reversed sheet to said second recording means;
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- selecting means for selectively leading a sheet conveyed from said first recording means after one-side recording to said first reversing portion or to said second reversing portion.
A reversing mechanism for application to a both-side image recording system for recording images on both sides of a sheet, comprising:
- first and second reversing means for reversing a sheet on one side of which a first image has been recorded by recording means for recording an image on a sheet;
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- selecting means for alternately leading the sheet passed through the recording means to said first reversing means or to said second reversing means in order to reverse the sheet having said first image recorded thereon so that a second image may be recorded on the second side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.