Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus capable of duplex printing
- Patent Title (中): 能够进行双面打印的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13691237Application Date: 2012-11-30
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Publication No.: US08746687B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Kenji Samoto , Yuji Koga , Takashi Omura
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-264184 20111202
- Main IPC: B65H29/00
- IPC: B65H29/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus has a rockable member which is configured to rotate about an axis defined at a first end portion among: a first position at which a second end portion at a downstream side in the forward feed direction with respect to the first end portion is supported by the guide member having the first orientation; a second position at which the second end portion is located at a higher position that the second end portion when located at the first position; and a third position at which the second end portion is located at a lower position that the second end portion when located at the first position; and a signal generating unit configured to output a signal corresponding to the position of the rockable member. A photo sensor is provided to generate a signal in accordance with an orientation of the rockable member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130140764A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DUPLEX PRINTING Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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