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(11) EP 0 486 972 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.11.1992 Bulletin 1992/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.05.1992 Bulletin 1992/22

(21) Application number: 91119558.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.11.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G03G 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 17.11.1990 JP 312186/90

(71) Applicant: MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Osaka 540 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nakao, Masahiko
    Suita-City, Osaka (JP)

(74) Representative: TER MEER - MÜLLER - STEINMEISTER & PARTNER 
Mauerkircherstrasse 45
81679 München
81679 München (DE)


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    (54) Image-forming apparatus


    (57) For achieving a low height and compact construction of a multi-mode image forming apparatus, in particular a copying machine, an internal tray (23) is provided serving for both, i.e. as an intermediate tray for temporarily stocking the paper midway between copying operations when the paper is copied a plurality of times and as a paper-discharging tray for stocking the paper after a final copying process. The tray (23) is arranged on the upstream side of a paper-resupplying device (24) and is composed of a first paper-stocking portion (44) and a second paper-stocking portion (45) separated from each other. A paper-discharging device (17) is provided with a branching guide (38) arranged on the upstream side of a paper-discharging portion (42) for branching off a paper (P₁) of maximum size on which an image has been formed toward the tray and for positioning said paper such that the front end thereof housed on the tray does not reach to paper-resupplying roller (25) in the paper-resupplying device (24).






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