Recording apparatus with shiftable conveying system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsukasa Uehara, Kenji Yoshinaga, Kunihiko Matsuzawa, Seiichiro Adachi, Kazuto Ariga
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Abstract
A recording apparatus comprises a recording head for recording an image on a sheet positioned at a predetermined recording position, a conveying device for conveying the sheet so that the sheet passes through the recording position, and a supporting device for supporting the conveying device in such a manner as to shift the conveying device in a first direction transverse to a sheet feeding direction and separating from the recording head and then to shift the conveying device in a second direction in the sheet feeding direction.
Claims18
A recording apparatus comprising:
- recording means for recording an image on a sheet positioned at a predetermined recording position;
- a pair of rotary members disposed adjacent to said recording means for nipping and conveying the sheet to pass through the recording position;
- supporting means for supporting both of said paired rotary members;
- shifting means for shifting said supporting means, together with both of said pair of rotary members, in a first direction away from said recording means and in a second direction different from the first direction and externally of said recording apparatus;
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- separating means for separating said pair of rotary members away from each other when said shifting means shifts said supporting means.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- first and second containing means for containing sheets, respectively;
- first sheet supplying means for feeding out the sheets from said first containing means, and second sheet supplying means for feeding out the sheets from said second containing means;
- recording means positioned at a predetermined recording position for recording an image on a sheet fed from one of said first and second sheet supplying means;
- a first sheet path for guiding the sheets fed by said first sheet supplying means to said recording means, and a second sheet path for guiding the sheets fed by said second sheet supplying means to said recording means, said first sheet path having an openable guide for guiding the sheet and for opening said first sheet path from a closed state;
- conveying means disposed adjacent to said recording means for conveying the sheet fed by one of said first and second sheet supplying means so that the sheet passes through the recording position;
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- shifting means for shifting said conveying means and said openable guide to open said first sheet path.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a pair of rotary members for nipping a sheet to convey the sheet;
- recording means for effecting recording on the sheet conveyed by said pair of rotary members;
- supporting means for supporting said pair of rotary members;
- shifting means for shifting said supporting means, together with said pair of rotary members, in a direction away from said recording means;
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- separating means for separating said pair of rotary members away from each other when said shifting means shifts said supporting means.
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:
- a guide for guiding a sheet along a convey path, said guide being shiftable to open the convey path from a closed state;
- a pair of rotary members for nipping the sheet guided by said guide and conveying the sheet;
- a support member for supporting both of said pair of rotary members;
- shifting means for shifting said guide and said support member for opening the convey path;
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- separating means for separating said pair of rotary member away from each other when said shifting means shifts said support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.