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Image forming apparatus with sheet discharging device

US5331389A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1992
Grant dateJul 19, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0089
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image forming apparatus is provided with a rotatable upper cover, one surface of which serves as a first exit tray on which recording sheets are discharged with image sides face downward, the other surface of which serves as a second exit tray on which recording sheets are discharged with image sides face upward. Guide members which are activated in accordance with the rotation of the rotatable upper cover are provided above delivering rollers, thereby the recording sheets delivered by the delivering rollers are selectively discharged with the image sides either face downward to the first exit tray or face upward to the second exit tray.

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