Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16794873Application Date: 2020-02-19
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Publication No.: US11673757B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Toshiyuki Sano , Shintaro Sakaguchi
- 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: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP 2019036544 2019.02.28
- Main IPC: B65H29/58
- IPC: B65H29/58 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H29/12 ; B65H15/00 ; B65H85/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a main apparatus body having an image forming unit and a discharge tray; and a controller. The main apparatus body includes a conveyance path along which a sheet passed through the image forming unit is conveyed; a discharge path branched from the conveyance path and connected to the discharge tray; and a reconveyance path having a first path different from the discharge path and a second path for conveying the sheet to the image forming unit. In a double-sided printing, if a first sheet has passed through the first path when a forward end of a second sheet arrives at a predetermined position in the conveyance path, the controller conveys the second sheet to the first path and then conveys the second sheet to the second path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200277155A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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