Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16781198Application Date: 2020-02-04
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Publication No.: US11352234B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Masafumi Inoue , Yuichiro Ichinose , Kenta Tosuji
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JPJP2019-017577 20190204
- Main IPC: B65H85/00
- IPC: B65H85/00 ; G03G15/23 ; B65H9/16 ; B65H1/26 ; B65H5/38

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, an image forming unit, a sheet tray disposed below the image forming unit, and a retransport assembly configured to transport a sheet along a retransport path including first, second, and third retransport path portions in a transport direction. The retransport assembly includes a portion of the sheet tray defining the first retransport path portion, a connecting unit and a retransport unit, which are disposed below the sheet tray. The connecting unit defines the second retransport path portion connected to an upstream end of the third retransport path portion in the transport direction. The retransport unit is movable between a stored position and a pulled-out position. The retransport unit at the stored position defines the first retransport path portion connected to an upstream end of the second retransport path portion in the transport direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200247641A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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