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US 9,126,786 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus and method for guiding sheet
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Taki
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a supplying section from which a sheet placed thereon is supplied into the image processing apparatus, a processing section configured to execute an image processing on an image formed on a sheet, a first storing section configured to store a sheet, a second storing section configured to store a sheet, a first conveying section configured to convey a sheet placed on the supplying section to the first storing section through the processing section, and a second conveying section configured to convey a sheet passing through the processing section to the second storing section and convey a sheet stored in the second storing section to a position at which the sheet from the supplying section enters the processing section.
Claims20
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a supplying section from which a sheet placed thereon is supplied into the image processing apparatus;
- a processing section configured to execute an image processing on an image formed on a sheet;
- a first storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a second storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a first conveying section configured to convey a sheet placed on the supplying section to the first storing section through the processing section;
- a second conveying section configured to convey a sheet passing through the processing section to the second storing section and convey a sheet stored in the second storing section to a position at which the sheet from the supplying section enters the processing section;
- a switching member configured to guide a sheet passing through the processing section to either the first storing section or the second storing section;
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- a control section configured to switch the switching member, so that a sheet passing through the processing section is guided to the second storing section if a number of sheets stored in the first storing section is more than a first number or if a number of sheets stored in the second storing section is less than a second number.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a supplying section from which a sheet placed thereon is supplied into the image processing apparatus;
- a processing section configured to execute an image processing on an image formed on a sheet;
- a first storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a second storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a first conveying section configured to convey a sheet placed on the supplying section to the first storing section through the processing section;
- a second conveying section configured to convey a sheet passing through the processing section to the second storing section and convey a sheet stored in the second storing section to a position at which the sheet from the supplying section enters the processing section;
- a switching member configured to guide a sheet passing through the processing section to either the first storing section or the second storing section;
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- a control section configured to switch the switching member, so that a sheet passing through the processing section is guided to the first storing section if a number of sheets stored in the first storing section is less than a first number or if a number of sheets stored in the second storing section is more than a second number.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a supplying section from which a sheet placed thereon is supplied into the image processing apparatus;
- a processing section configured to execute an image processing on an image formed on a sheet;
- a first storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a second storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a first conveying section configured to convey a sheet placed on the supplying section to the first storing section through the processing section;
- a second conveying section configured to convey a sheet passing through the processing section to the second storing section and convey a sheet stored in the second storing section to a position at which the sheet from the supplying section enters the processing section;
- a switching member configured to switch between a first position and a second position;
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- a control section configured to switch the switching member, wherein
- a sheet supplied from the supplying section is guided to the processing section if the switching member is in the first position,
- a sheet supplied from the second storing section is guided to the processing section if the switching member is in the second position, and
- the control section is further configured to cause the switching member to be in the first position if there is no sheet in the second storing section.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a supplying section from which a sheet placed thereon is supplied into the image processing apparatus;
- a processing section configured to execute an image processing on an image formed on a sheet;
- a first storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a second storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a first conveying section configured to convey a sheet placed on the supplying section to the first storing section through the processing section;
- a second conveying section configured to convey a sheet passing through the processing section to the second storing section and convey a sheet stored in the second storing section to a position at which the sheet from the supplying section enters the processing section;
- a switching member configured to switch between a first position and a second position;
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- a control section configured to switch the switching member, wherein
- a sheet supplied from the supplying section is guided to the processing section if the switching member is in the first position,
- a sheet supplied from the second storing section is guided to the processing section if the switching member is in the second position, and
- the control section is further configured to cause the switching member to be in the second position if there is no sheet in the supplying section.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a supplying section from which a sheet placed thereon is supplied into the image processing apparatus;
- a processing section configured to execute an image processing on an image formed on a sheet;
- a first storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a second storing section configured to store a sheet;
- a first conveying section configured to convey a sheet placed on the supplying section to the first storing section through the processing section;
- a second conveying section configured to convey a sheet passing through the processing section to the second storing section and convey a sheet stored in the second storing section to a position at which the sheet from the supplying section enters the processing section;
- a switching member configured to guide a sheet passing through the processing section to either the first storing section or the second storing section, wherein
- the second storing section includes a first subsection and a second subsection, each of which is configured to store a sheet, and
- the second conveying section is further configured to convey a sheet passing through the processing section to the first subsection and to convey a sheet stored in the second subsection to the position at which a sheet from the supplying section enters the processing section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.