Patent ID: 7677549
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet supplying apparatus for supplying a sheet, the sheet supplying apparatus being connected with a sheet feeding apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a post-processing apparatus on an upper stream side and a down stream side of the sheet supplying apparatus in a sheet conveyance direction, the sheet supplying apparatus comprising: a plurality of sheet storing sections for storing the sheet; and a common conveyance path for conveying the sheet conveyed from the sheet feeding apparatus or the image forming apparatus on the upper stream side, or the sheet fed from the plurality of the sheet storing sections to the image forming apparatus or the post-processing apparatus on the down stream side, the common conveyance path comprising, wherein the sending conveyance path has a shared conveyance path formed by merging a plurality of sheet conveyance paths for feeding the sheet from the plurality of sheet storing sections to a sheet outlet, wherein the plurality of sheet storing sections are able to be withdrawn from a sheet supplying apparatus main body, and wherein the transit conveyance path is integrally provided at a bottom portion of any one of the plurality of sheet storing sections, the transit conveyance path being withdrawn together with the sheet storing section.