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Image forming apparatus

US6909494B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 4, 2004
Grant dateJun 21, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 4, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J13/10
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet supply portion is disposed in the lowermost portion of a printer so as to be substantially horizontal. A main conveying path for guiding a sheet from a transferring roller to a fixing device is disposed in a substantially vertical direction so as to be along the back of the printer. The guide surface of a sheet delivery guide constituting a conveying path leading from the fixing device to a pair of sheet delivery rollers is a flat surface.

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