Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of sheet storage portions
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Application No.: US14443978Application Date: 2013-11-12
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Publication No.: US09617090B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Genki Takahashi , Masayoshi Fukatsu , Hiroharu Tsuji , Yohei Suzuki , Daisuke Kaneko , Kazuhisa Sato , Hajime Sugaya , Yuu Matsuda
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2012-253461 20121119; JP2012-253462 20121119; JP2013-129229 20130620; JP2012-272626 20131213
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/006655 WO 20131112
- International Announcement: WO2014/076943 WO 20140522
- Main IPC: B65H29/60
- IPC: B65H29/60 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H31/24 ; G03G15/00 ; B65H31/30 ; B65H39/11 ; B65H1/20 ; B65H5/00 ; B65H7/06 ; G06K15/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus of the invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of storage portions each configured to store the sheet with the image formed thereon by the image forming unit; an opening configured to expose the sheet stored in the storage portion to the outside; and a sheet moving unit configured to move the sheet until a leading edge of the sheet stored in the storage portion passes the opening and a portion of the sheet is exposed from the opening to the outside. The sheet moving unit exposes sheets stored in a plurality of the storage portions in a stacked manner from the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150307295A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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