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Image forming apparatus

US7894763B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 2006
Grant dateFeb 22, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J15/042
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes at least one paper supply portion including a roll paper accommodating portion adapted to accommodate a paper roll constituted by winding long paper around a shaft, a roll paper holding portion on which the paper roll is temporarily put, a paper feeding portion adapted to deliver paper from the paper roll accommodated on the roll paper accommodating portion, a horizontal rotating-shaft adapted to support the paper supply portion in a body of the image forming apparatus, the paper supply portion drawn outwardly from the body of the image forming apparatus by being rotated when change of the paper roll is performed, wherein the change of the paper roll can be performed by rotating the paper supply portion to thereby draw out the paper supply portion.

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