Patent ID: 6477352
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:image forming means for forming an image on a sheet; a re-conveying path for re-conveying the sheet on one side of which the image has been formed to said image forming means for forming an image on the other side of the sheet; and a sheet containing portion for feeding the sheet to a conveying path interflowing into a middle of said re-conveying path, wherein, when the sheet on one side of which the image has been formed is once stopped and temporarily held in said re-conveying path, a leading end of the sheet on one side of which the image has been formed and which has been once stopped and temporarily held is positioned downstream of an interflowing position, and wherein a new sheet fed from said sheet containing portion is conveyed from the conveying path through said re-conveying path to pass the stopped and temporarily held sheet.