Patent ID: 6631903
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
A paper discharge apparatus comprising:a first guide portion by which a sheet of paper to be conveyed is guided along a first conveyance path; a second guide portion by which said sheet of paper guided by said first guide portion is guided along a second conveyance path inclined with respect to said first conveyance path; a reversible conveyance portion by which said sheet of paper guided by said second guide portion can be conveyed either forward or backward; a third guide portion by which said sheet of paper conveyed backward by said reversible conveyance portion is guided along a third conveyance path different from said first and second conveyance paths; and a loop housing portion that is disposed at an opposite side of said third guide portion with said first guide portion interposed there between and houses a slack of paper when said reversible conveyance portion stops conveyance.