Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12886846Application Date: 2010-09-21
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Publication No.: US08472858B2Publication Date: 2013-06-25
- Inventor: Takeshi Yoshida
- Applicant: Takeshi Yoshida
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2009-220287 20090925
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; B65H29/00

Abstract:
A sheet discharge unit of an image forming apparatus includes a first path discharging the sheet to the outside, a second path for feeding the sheet again to the image forming unit in the case of performing a duplex image forming process, a sheet conveyor conveying the sheet from the first path to the outside, and a corrugating member corrugating the sheet in a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet to give the sheet stiffness when the sheet conveyor conveys the sheet. The second path includes an upstream path section having a width that extends in a thickness direction of the sheet, the width being set to be narrow to such a degree that the corrugation of the sheet is reduced when the sheet passes the upstream path section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110076078A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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