Compact image forming apparatus with vertical arrangement
US6522862B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/00633
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a sheet support for accommodating an image-forming sheet; an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet; a document reading section having a document placing table for reading image information of the document; an ADF in which a document is feedable to the document reading section and displaceable so as to allow placement of the document onto the document placing table; and a sheet discharging section on which a sheet with an image formed thereon by the image forming unit is discharged and stacked by arranging them in the image forming apparatus from the lower part thereof toward the upper part in order. The image forming apparatus further has a transferring section for transferring a sheet with an image formed thereon to the sheet discharging section which is held movably in the vertical direction.
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