Patent ID: 6321136
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image reproduction device operable in at least a simplex reproduction mode and a duplex reproduction mode, comprising:a feeder assembly that supports a stack of original document sheets in an established page order;an image reproduction station that creates an image based on each sheet of the original document;a sheet transport with a feed path that transports each original document sheet through the feed path from the feeder assembly past the image reproduction station;an output that receives the stack of original document sheets with each successive sheet stacking on top of a previously output sheet in the same relative page order from the sheet transport; anda controller connected to the sheet transport that operates the sheet transport in a simplex mode in which each original document sheet passes through the feed path only once and a duplex mode in which each original document sheet passes through the feed path only twice;wherein the sheet transport further includes a discharge transport connected to a driver that is driven by the controller in one direction to discharge the original document sheets to the output and in another direction to transport the original document sheets back to the image reproduction station.