(19)
(11) EP 0 395 003 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/44

(21) Application number: 90107842.8

(22) Date of filing: 25.04.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 13/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 26.04.1989 JP 104668/89
14.02.1990 JP 34456/89

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kanemitsu, Shinji, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Miyauchi, Yasuo, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Ebata, Tokihide, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Nomura, Akihiro, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Takeda, Akio, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Uchida, Haruo, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Kurata, Mitsuru, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Onoda, Shigeyoshi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Tiedtke, Harro, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


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    (54) Recording apparatus


    (57) The present invention provides a recording apparatus comprising supply means (21) for supplying a sheet (3), a sheet directing path (23a, 23b) for directing the sheet supplied by the supply means (21) to a recording portion, a sheet ejection path (11) for directing the sheet recorded at the recording portion to an ejection outlet (11), guide means for guiding a sheet to be introduced from the ejection outlet, and sheet feeding means for directing the introduced sheet to the recording portion through the sheet ejection (11) path and thereafter for returning the sheet to the ejection outlet (11).






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