Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with reduced height
- Patent Title (中): 具有降低高度的成像装置
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Application No.: US13035138Application Date: 2011-02-25
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Publication No.: US08774701B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Junji Uehara
- Applicant: Junji Uehara
- 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: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2010-066694 20100323
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/23

Abstract:
There is provided an image forming apparatus including a transferring unit, fixing unit, a first sheet conveying path section, a re-conveying unit and a charge-removing member. The transferring unit transfers developer onto a sheet. The fixing unit fixes the developer transferred to the sheet to form a visible image on the sheet. The first sheet conveying path section extends through the transfer unit and the fixing unit, the sheet being conveyed from the transfer unit to the fixing unit along the first sheet conveying path section. The re-conveying unit constitutes a second sheet conveying path section for re-conveying the sheet from the fixing unit to an inlet side of the transfer unit, the second sheet conveying path section being positioned below the first sheet conveying path section. The charge-removing member is disposed between the first sheet conveying path section and the second sheet conveying path section, the charge-removing member constituting a part of the second sheet conveying path section and removing charges from the sheet conveyed along the first sheet conveying path section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110236101A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH REDUCED HEIGHT Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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