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US 5,205,551 AGranted
Apparatus for transporting sheet
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiyuki Nagano, Masanari Shirai, Masashi Ohashi, Tatsuya Shiratori
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting a sheet includes a first transporting path provided with rollers for transporting the sheet to an image forming section, a second transporting path for conducting the sheet in a direction transverse to the first transporting path, and a control section for controlling the first and second transporting paths so that they can be connected and disconnected to each other.
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An apparatus for transporting a sheet, comprising:
- first guide means, defining a first transporting path, for guiding the sheet to an image forming section;
- second guide means, defining a second transporting path, of guiding the sheet in a direction transverse to the first transporting path;
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- control means for controlling a shift of said first guide means relative to said second guide means, for coupling said first transporting path with said second transporting path.
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An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming section for forming an image on a sheet;
- first guide means, defining a first transporting path, for guiding the sheet to said image forming section;
- second guide means, defining a second transporting path, of guiding the sheet in a direction transverse to the first transporting path;
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- control means for controlling a shift of said first guide means relative to said second guide means, for coupling said first transporting path and said second transporting path.
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An apparatus for transporting a sheet, comprising:
- first guide means, defining a first transporting path, for guiding the sheet to an image forming section;
- second guide means, defining a second transporting path, for guiding the sheet in a direction transverse to the first transporting path;
- control means for controlling said first and second guide means so that the first and second transporting paths can be connected and disconnected from each other by relatively shifting them from each other;
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- stopper means for aligning a leading edge of the sheet when the sheet is inserted into the second transporting path, wherein, when the first and second transporting paths are not connected to each other, said stopper means includes a stepped portion formed between said first guide means and said second guide means.
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An image forming system, comprising:
- an image forming section for forming an image on a sheet;
- first conveying means for conveying a sheet toward said image forming section;
- second conveying means or conveying the sheet in a direction transverse to the conveying direction of said first convey means, said first and second conveying means being disposed offset in a highlight direction;
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- height level means for levelling a height of said second conveying means and a height of said first conveying means, so that a sheet conveyed from said second conveying means is conveyed to said first conveying means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.