Image forming system and intermediate apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorHideo Isohara
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Abstract
An image forming system of one aspect of the present invention includes a first image forming apparatus arranged on the upstream side in a sheet conveyance direction, a second image forming apparatus arranged on the downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, and an intermediate apparatus arranged between the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus and having a registration roller on the sheet conveyance path through which a sheet conveyed from the first image forming apparatus is conveyed to the second image forming apparatus. The intermediate apparatus has a path opening mechanism configured to release a pressure contact of the registration roller arranged on the sheet conveyance path.
Claims18
An image forming system comprising:
- a first image forming apparatus arranged on an upstream side in a sheet conveyance direction;
- a second image forming apparatus arranged on a downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction;
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- an intermediate apparatus arranged between the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus and having a registration roller on a sheet conveyance path through which a sheet conveyed from the first image forming apparatus is conveyed to the second image forming apparatus, wherein
- the intermediate apparatus includes a path opening mechanism configured to release a pressure contact of the registration roller arranged on the sheet conveyance path.
An intermediate apparatus arranged between a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus and having a registration roller on a sheet conveyance path through which a sheet conveyed from the first image forming apparatus is conveyed to the second image forming apparatus, the intermediate apparatus comprising a path opening mechanism configured to release a pressure contact of the registration roller arranged on the sheet conveyance path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.