Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13238034Application Date: 2011-09-21
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Publication No.: US08573769B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Akiyoshi Tanaka , Yoichi Ito , Kuniyori Takano
- Applicant: Akiyoshi Tanaka , Yoichi Ito , Kuniyori Takano
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2010-222389 20100930
- Main IPC: B41J2/01
- IPC: B41J2/01

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including a conveyance unit to intermittently convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction, a carriage movable in a main scanning direction and including a recording head, a conveyance path having a curved portion provided downstream from an imaging range of the recording head, a first discharge member provided downstream from the imaging range to discharge the recording medium, and a second discharge member provided downstream from the first discharge member and having a nip to sandwich the recording medium to discharge the recording medium. A length of the conveyance path extending from a downstream edge of the imaging range to the nip is longer than a maximum length of the recording medium usable in the image forming apparatus to prevent a leading edge of the recording medium from being sandwiched by the second discharge member when the carriage performs last scanning movement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120081487A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-04-05
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