Claims
- 1. 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; and
- 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.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means is actuated in response to a manual sheet insertion start signal.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a manual sheet insertion start button in communication with said control means.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising means for moving said first guide means up and down, said moving mean being actuated in response to a manual sheet insertion signal.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said moving means is an eccentric rotary cam.
- 6. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second transporting path is provided with stopper means for stopping inserted sheet.
- 7. An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said stopper means is disposed on said first guide means and arranged to move away from the second transporting path as said guide means moves upwardly.
- 8. An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a rotary element disposed in the second transporting path, said rotary element moving up and down as said first guide means moves up and down, and said rotary element being activated to transport the sheet from the second transporting path to the first transporting path when the first transporting path and the second transporting path are coupled to each other.
- 9. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising rotary means disposed in the first transport path, said rotary means in the first transporting path includes a pair of rotary elements, with said rotary elements being shifted toward and away from each other with the downward and upward movements of said first guide means.
- 10. An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when said first guide means moves up and the first transporting path and the second transporting path are coupled to each other, said rotary elements move away from each other.
- 11. 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; and
- 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.
- 12. A system according to claim 11, wherein the first transporting path guides the sheet approximately horizontally, and an inlet of the second transporting path is disposed on a front side of said image forming system.
- 13. A system according to claim 12, further comprising a third transporting path for guiding the sheet to said image forming section, and cassette means for supplying a sheet to the third transporting path, with said cassette means being operable from a front side.
- 14. A system according to claim 13, wherein said cassette means is disposed below said second transporting path.
- 15. 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; and
- 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.
- 16. 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; and
- 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.
- 17. An image forming system according to claim 16, wherein said first conveying means functions to re-convey a sheet on which an image is formed at said image forming section to said image forming section.
- 18. An image forming system according to claim 17, wherein said second conveying means conveys a sheet inserted from a front side of said image forming system toward said first conveying means.
Priority Claims (6)
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1-067917 |
Mar 1989 |
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1-087462 |
Apr 1989 |
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1-105641 |
Apr 1989 |
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1-118093 |
May 1989 |
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1-154054 |
Jun 1989 |
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1-159312 |
Jun 1989 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/494,399 filed Mar. 16, 1990, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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