Image-forming apparatus
US6978097B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/6502
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus including: an image-forming unit disposed so as to be detachably attached to an apparatus body; at least one sheet supply unit disposed at a lower portion of the apparatus body so as to be located below the image-forming unit for supplying a sheet, and including a sheet tray detachably attached to a body of the sheet supply unit; and a sheet carrying system including a sheet carrying path extending vertically so that the sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit is carried to an image-forming region of the image-forming unit and then ejected, wherein a spatial portion communicating with the openings at a top and bottom portions of the apparatus body and facing at least one part of the sheet carrying path is formed when the image-forming unit and the sheet tray of each sheet supply unit are detached from the apparatus body.
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