Patent ID: 6690911
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
A method of reversing an incoming sheet and then discharging said sheet, comprising:(a) preparing a reversal path for receiving a sheet carrying an image on one side thereof and then reversing said sheet, the reversal path including delivering means for delivering the sheet to said reversal path and conveying means arranged on said reversal path for reversing the sheet delivered by said delivering means and then conveying said sheet; (b) causing, if the sheet is a tab sheet, said conveying means to pull said tab sheet into said reversal path and then reversing said tab sheet when a trailing edge of said tab sheet moves away from said delivering means; and (c) maintaining, if the sheet is not a tab sheet, drive of said conveying means in a send-out direction at a time of delivery of said sheet by said delivering means and then applying a driving force of said conveying means to said sheet when said sheet moves away from said delivering means for thereby reversing said sheet.