Patent ID: 7051653
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B41C,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording material separating/removing device comprising: a plurality of cassettes, each cassette able to accommodate a plurality of image recording materials substantially horizontally in a stacked manner; and a conveying unit which can access each of the plurality of cassettes in order to remove the image recording materials from each of the plurality of cassettes wherein the conveying unit includes a movable suction mechanism and is configured to invert the image recording material by suctioning one end of the image recording material with the suction mechanism such that one end is raised up and conveyed so as to face the other end of the image recording material, wherein one cassette is positioned at an offset position which is offset in a horizontal direction from a horizontal direction position of a cassette directly beneath the one cassette, at least when the conveying unit accesses the cassette directly beneath the one cassette and each cassette is fixed in advance of the operation of the device at a position which is offset in the horizontal direction from other cassettes and the offset position is less than a length of one cassette.