Ricoh FT8680 Service Manual page 123

31 July 1995
14. INVERTER AND PAPER EXIT
14.1 OVERVIEW
[E]
[D]
[A]
After passing the fusing unit, copies come to the inverter unit which chiefly
consists of the inverter roller [A], inverter gate [B], inverter gate solenoid [C],
return drive rollers [D], return pinch rollers [E], pinch solenoid [F], junction
gate [G], and junction gate solenoid [H]. The inverter unit can be opened to
the right after pulling out the fusing and inverter units. This helps to clear
paper jams.
The inverter unit does the following jobs.
1) Ordinary copying:
2) Duplex copying:
3) Overlay image copying: Copies are turned over and then sent to the duplex
4) Face-down feed-out/Tab copying:
The following section discuss the inverter operation in details.
[B]
[G]
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Copies pass through the unit straight to the exit
rollers [I].
Copies are sent directly to the duplex tray [J].
tray.
Copies are turned over and then sent to the exit
rollers.
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[C]
[F]
[H]
[E]
[D]
[A]
[B]
[I]
[G]
[J]
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