- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with extended cartridge opening and cover
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Application No.: US17476266Application Date: 2021-09-15
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Publication No.: US11609528B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Junichi Sekiyama
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2019-120452 20190627
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body to which a cartridge is detachably attached. The apparatus main body includes a frame having an opening portion through which the cartridge is attached to the apparatus main body; an opening and closing member supported by the frame rotatably between an open position in which the opening portion is exposed and a closed position in which the opening portion is covered with the opening and closing member and having a stacking surface on which a sheet is to be stacked; a discharging roller discharging the sheet in a discharging direction onto the stacking surface; and a regulating wall which is movably attached to the opening and closing member and extends from the stacking surface toward the discharging roller in a direction intersecting the discharging direction to regulate an upstream edge of the sheet in the discharging direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US11635725B2 Image forming apparatus with extended cartridge opening and cover Public/Granted day:2023-04-25
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