Image forming apparatus
US10534304B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00675
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a transport member that transports a medium; a storage that is disposed below the transport member in a gravitational direction, and that stores the medium which is delivered by the transport member and falls into the storage; a supporter that is provided in the storage, and that has an upper end disposed below the transport member in a gravitational direction, and that allows the medium to be stored with a front end of the medium in a discharge direction matching a lower end of the medium in a gravitational direction; and a guidance member that is disposed in the supporter with the medium interposed between the guidance member and the supporter, and that guides the medium which falls to the supporter.
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