Sheet feeding device for facsimile apparatus

Claim 2

A sheet feeding device for use in facsimile apparatus, the device comprising a housing for accommodating different sizes of sheets, and a control means for selecting an appropriate sheet size to the size of a received message.

Claim 3

A sheet feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the roll sheet is housed in a pocket and the cut sheets are placed in a recess, the pocket and the recess being formed in a tray in such a manner as to be adjacent to each other in the feeding direction of the sheet.

Claim 4

A sheet feeding device according to claim 1, further comprising a sheet discharging means on an extension of the feeding path of a transmitting original, and a change-over means for selecting a first position for receiving the transmitting original or a second position for allowing the transmitting original to pass.

Claim 5

An image recording apparatus which comprises means for recording an image on a recording sheet medium, sheet supply means for accommodating a supply of said sheet medium, and sheet feed means for feeding said sheet medium from said sheet supply means to said image recording means, wherein said sheet supply means comprises a cassette which is removable from the body of the apparatus and which is adapted to store a plurality of supplies of sheet medium, the supplies being of different sheet medium sizes, means being provided for selecting the appropriate supply in accordance with the size of the image to be recorded.

Claim 6

An image recording apparatus which comprises means for recording an image on a recording sheet medium, sheet supply means for accommodating a supply of said sheet medium, and sheet feed means for feeding said sheet medium from said sheet supply means to said image recording means, wherein said sheet supply means comprises a cassette which is removable from the body of the apparatus and which is adapted to store a plurality of supplies of sheet medium, the supplies being of different sheet medium sizes, means being provided for selecting the appropriate supply in accordance with the size of the image to be recorded.

Claim 7

An image recording apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said cassette is adapted to store a first said supply in the form of a sheet roll from which sheets of a required size can be cut, and a second said supply in the form of a stack of sheets.

Claim 8

An image recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said sheet feed means includes a sheet drive device positioned to receive and feed into a common sheet path sheet medium fed by a first guide means from said sheet roll or a sheet fed by a second guide means from said sheet stack.

Claim 9

An image recording apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the cassette is adapted to store said sheet stack forwardly of the sheet roll with respect to the direction of sheet feed by said sheet drive device.

Claim 10

A facsimile machine which includes a common sheet discharge tray for receiving originals which have been scanned for transmission in a send mode of the machine and for receiving sheets recorded with received image data in a receive mode of the machine, the direction in which the originals enter the tray being opposite to the direction in which the image recorded sheets enter the tray.

Claim 11

A facsimile machine which includes a common sheet discharge tray for receiving originals which have been scanned for transmission in a send mode of the machine and for receiving sheets recorded with received image data in a receive mode of the machine, the direction in which the originals enter the tray being opposite to the direction in which the image recorded sheets enter the tray.