Appeal No. 1998-3391
Application 08/659,143
feed port of the second laser printer which is shown on the
right of roller (16b). Thus, we fail to find that the
Examiner has shown that Hasegawa teaches or suggests a guide
means for guiding separate sheets of paper in a single U- or
C-shaped arc from the first laser printer assembly to the
second laser printer assembly as claimed.
We find Matsuo teaches in column 5, lines 8 through 27,
that Figure 4 shows a paper path which begins with the paper P
discharged from the paper discharging port 2 to proceed around
the front of the paper supply unit body 6B to freely fall
through the paper discharging passage 39 extending in the up
and down direction. This is followed by bending the path of
the paper toward the side of the deck 4 with the intermediate
guide 40. The paper leaves the intermediate guide 40 at the
rear thereof under a condition wherein it is positioned in the
bent portion of the bent guide member 42 to freely fall onto
the paper discharging tray 41 with the rear end of the paper
directed upward. The paper P on the paper discharging tray 41
slides down along the inclination of the tray to be stacked on
the paper discharging tray 41.
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