Sheet transport apparatus facilitating establishing a continuous sheet transport path

A sheet transport apparatus comprising:

• a first pair of transport guides that are substantially parallel to and spaced from each other to form a first transport path in between the first pair of transport guides to transport a sheet;
• a second pair of transport guides substantially parallel to and spaced from each other to form a second transport path in between the second pair of transport guides to transport the sheet, said second pair of transport guides having one end shaped to be engageable with an end of said first pair of transport guides;
• a supporting member rotatably supporting said second pair of transport guides in response to a position of said first pair of transport guides;
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• a coupling member for coupling of a first guide and a second guide of said second pair of transport guides with each other, said coupling member holding said first guide and said second guide in parallel to each other so that said first guide and said second guide are parallel to each other in every position of said first guide and said second guide.

A sheet transport apparatus comprising:

• first pairs of transport guides that are substantially parallel to and spaced from each other to form first transport paths in between the first pairs of transport guides to transport a sheet;
• second pairs of transport guides substantially parallel to and spaced from each other to form second transport paths in between the second pairs of transport guides to transport the sheet, said second pairs of transport guides having ends shaped to be engageable with ends of said first pairs of transport guides;
• supporting members rotatably supporting said second pairs of transport guides in response to positions of said first pairs of transport guides;
• rotation control levers rotating said second pairs of transport guides in response to the positions of said first pairs of transport guides;
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• a plurality of sheet transport units, wherein said second pairs of transport guides, said supporting members and said rotation control levers are included in each of said plurality of transport units,
• said plurality of sheet transport units being movable in one direction and another direction opposite to the one direction,
• said first pairs of transport guides being sequentially disposed in the one direction and being associated with a plurality of sheet repositories for storing sheets in the plurality of sheet repositories,
• said rotation control levers being provided in the one direction across said plurality of sheet transport units, said rotation control levers having front ends thereof displaced from each other in an orthogonal direction that is substantially perpendicular to the one direction.