Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13845793Application Date: 2013-03-18
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Publication No.: US08977184B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Hiroshi Tokuda , Tomonori Watanabe
- Applicant: Hiroshi Tokuda , Tomonori Watanabe
- 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: JP2012-147199 20120629; JP2012-147201 20120629
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; B65H29/00 ; B65H5/00 ; G03G15/23 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyance path configured to guide a recording sheet conveyed from a sheet placement portion, passing through a sheet feeder unit, a nip portion between a photoconductor and transfer member, a fixing device, and a sheet ejection unit in this order; and a re-conveyance path configured to guide the sheet conveyed from the fixing device to an upstream-side path which constitutes part of the conveyance path extending upstream from the photoconductor. The re-conveyance path branches off from the conveyance path at a position downstream from the fixing device and extends to pass through a space between the photoconductor and the exposure device. The re-conveyance path includes a switchback mechanism configured to reverse a traveling direction of a sheet conveyed along the re-conveyance path after passing through the space between the photoconductor and the exposure device and to convey the sheet toward the upstream-side path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140003850A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2014-01-02
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