摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation device capable of inverting a sheet without reducing image work formation efficiency and providing an exclusive sheet inversion passage. <P>SOLUTION: This image formation device is provided with paper feeding trays TR1, TR2 arranged below an image recording position Q4, a paper feeding passage SH1 having an individual paper feeding passage SH1a and a connection paper feeding passage SH1b, a sheet inversion passage SH4 having a part serving also as the connection paper feeding passage SH1b, an upstream side sheet conveyance passage SH2 connecting the sheet inversion passage SH4 with the image recording position Q4, a downstream side sheet conveyance passage SH3 connecting the image recording position Q4 with a paper delivery tray TRh, a connection passage SH5 for sheet inversion connecting the sheet inversion passage SH4 with the downstream side sheet conveyance passage SH3, a conveyance direction switching member GT3 for switching to either of the downstream side sheet conveyance passage SH3 and the connection passage SH5 for sheet inversion, a forward and reverse rotation conveyance roll Rb arranged in the sheet inversion passage SH4, and sheet conveyance direction control members GT1, GT2 for controlling the direction of sheet conveyance. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI</p> |