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| 20080199236 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum for transferring an image onto a sheet and an image roller and a pressure roller for fixing the image transferred onto the sheet to the sheet. A conveying portion and a guide plate constitute a sheet conveyor portion positioned between the photosensitive drum, and the image roller and pressure roller. The image forming apparatus includes a first spur disposed at a position opposed to the guide plate and a second spur disposed at a position opposed to the guide plate downstream in a sheet conveying direction of the first spur and closer to the guide plate than the first spur. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080213017 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A post-processing apparatus includes: a compile tray; a post-processing member; a stacker tray; a sheet conveying path including a discharging path, a waiting path and a discharging-path switching member; a sheet conveying member; an one-end alignment medium conveying member; a discharging member; and a discharging-member controlling section. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080240824 | Recording Devices - A recording device includes a feed tray for storing sheets, a first conveying path, an arm having one end attached to a pivot, and a roller attached to the other end of the arm. The roller feeds the sheet to the first conveying path. A recording unit is positioned in the first conveying path, and records an image onto the sheet. The recording device also includes a second conveying path between the pivot and the feed tray, and a path changing unit. The path changing unit moves between a first position, where it discharges the sheet, and a second position, where it conveys the sheet to the second conveying path. The arm moves between a third position where the roller contacts the sheets in the feed tray, and a fourth position where the roller is above the second conveying path. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080247795 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TONER REPLENISHING APPARATUS - The color image forming apparatus comprises a transfer belt device which feeds a transfer member such as a paper and a plurality of image forming units. The image forming units are disposed facing toward the transfer belt device. The transfer belt device, at least in a portion in which the image forming units have been disposed, is arranged such that it is inclined with respect to the ground. Each of the image forming unit forms a desired image and sequentially transfers the formed image on the transfer member fed by the transfer belt device. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080253819 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An image formation device includes an image formation unit, a paper feed unit, a paper discharge unit and a guide unit. The image formation unit prints an image on a recording paper conveyed along an image formation path. The paper feed unit feeds the recording paper to the image formation unit along a paper feed path. The paper discharge unit discharges the recording paper along a paper discharge path. The guide unit is disposed adjacent to a branching point where the paper feed path and the paper discharge path diverge. The guide unit includes a first guide portion and second guide portion. The first guide portion is disposed above the paper feed path and below the paper discharge path and guides the recording paper along the paper feed path and the paper discharge path. The second guide portion is disposed above the paper discharge path and guides the recording paper along the paper discharge path. The first guide portion and the second guide portion are formed integrally. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080273908 | Sheet discharging device and image forming apparatus - A sheet-discharging device includes an upper discharging roller, a lower discharging roller, and a protruding member. The protruding member allows discharging of a sheet to outside from the nip between the upper discharging roller and the lower discharging roller, and prevents taking-in of a sheet that has already been discharged. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080304886 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes a body casing having on upper surface thereof a paper ejection tray on which a sheet of paper ejected after formation of an image is stacked; a side cover capable of opening and closing a side surface of the body casing on the downstream side in the direction of ejection of the sheet of paper so as to cover the side surface of the body casing; and an extension tray being attached to an upper portion of the side cover. The extension tray is capable of extending to the downstream side in the direction of ejection of the sheet of paper with respect to the paper ejection tray so as to support an end portion of the sheet of paper. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080317534 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus that performs processing for sheets such as sorting or stapling of the sheets after image formation includes a motor that controls a rotating position of a sheet pushing member. When a leading end of a sheet passes, after the leading end of the sheet reaches a pivoting roller, a rotating position of the sheet pushing member is controlled according to a conveyance condition during the passage of a trailing end of the sheet. The sheet pushing member is rotated and, when the trailing end of the sheet passes, the sheet is conveyed while a charge removing brush is pressed against the sheet. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080317535 | Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and control method therefor - An image forming apparatus, an image forming system, and a control method therefor. The image forming apparatus includes at least one tray, a manual feed tray, a setting unit to set the at least one tray and the manual feed tray to be out of search, an acquiring unit to acquire tray information of the at least one tray when the at least one tray is set to be subject to the search and of the manual feed tray irrespective of whether the manual feed tray is set to be out of search upon receipt of an acquisition request from a request source, and a reporting unit to report the tray information to the request source. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090003911 | Children's copying machine - The present invention comprises a children's copying machine for copying two- and three-dimensional objects. The copy machine includes a slidable art tray for receiving two dimensional objects and or creative drawing on an erasable surface. The art tray surface is supported on springs and depressible for further receiving three dimensional objects. Special effects are provided such as image storage into memory, combining of selected images for printing, warping of images and overlay functions. A spin tray is further incorporated into the art tray for providing rotational motion to objects during the copying process. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090010697 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a cover member that is capable of being opened and closed, wherein the cover member includes a discharge tray that is capable of holding printed recording medium, and an automatic document reader that is provided above the discharge tray, wherein when the cover member is opened to a predetermined position, the automatic document reader supports the printed recording medium placed on the discharge tray so that the printed recording medium does not fall therefrom when the cover member is open. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090016794 | CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A charge neutralization according to one aspect of the invention is equipped with a charge neutralization which performs charge removal as it is brought in close proximity to or into contact with a major surface of a sheet when the sheet passes it in moving in a prescribed first direction, and escape portions located at edge confronting positions of the charge neutralization that are to be opposed to edges of the sheet in a second direction that crosses the first direction, for reducing abrasion due to contact with the sheet. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090067909 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a housing formed with a discharge port, a printing device mounted in the housing, a discharge reverse unit to reversely move paper passing through the printing device, and a discharge unit to convey the paper, moving reversely by the discharge reverse unit, to the discharge port. The discharge reverse unit includes a guide member to guide the paper passing through the printing device to the discharge unit, and a lifting part to lift the guide member up and down. The image forming apparatus can prevent jams in a paper discharge device even when increasing a discharge speed in a discharge path, through which a printed printing medium is discharged in such a state that a printed surface of the printing medium is directed in a down direction. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090074493 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus of the invention has: an ejecting unit that is capable of receiving a sheet on which a toner image has been heated and fixed, and ejecting the sheet for a predetermined normal ejecting time; and a processing unit that processes the sheet ejected by the ejecting unit according to obtained sheet information, wherein the ejecting unit ejects the sheet for an ejecting time longer than the normal ejecting time. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090074494 | COMPACT FRONT-OPERABLE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a substantially flat top face and a slanted front face, the bottom side of which recedes backward. The image forming apparatus may includes a paper discharge tray disposed at a lower portion of the slanted front face, the paper discharge tray protruding forward. The paper discharge tray may be tiltable upward and downward. Because the bottom side of the slanted front face recedes backward, the flat top face can be provided, and simultaneously, enough space for the feeding and discharging of paper can be secured. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090080957 | MEDIUM HOLDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE MEDIUM HOLDING APPARATUS - A medium holding apparatus detachably is attached to a medium feeding section of an image forming apparatus. A supporting section supports the medium thereon. A side guide is mounted to the supporting section. The side guide extends in a direction parallel to a first direction in which the medium is advanced to the medium feeding section, and is movable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The side guide abuts the side edge of the medium to guide the medium toward the medium feeding section. A guide unit is mounted to the supporting section, and holds the medium in a gently curved position. When the medium is fed to the image forming apparatus, the guide unit guides the medium to the supporting section. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090087240 | PAPER DISCHARGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper discharge device includes a discharge member, a paper carry portion, a first moving section, a pair of paper side end register sections, a second moving section, and a discharge paper control section. The paper carry portion carries thereon paper discharged by the discharge member. The first moving section moves the discharge member in a paper width direction to shift the position of paper. The pair of paper side end register sections holds the paper from both sides in the paper width direction. The second moving section moves the pair of paper side end register sections in the paper width direction. The discharge paper control section, when the shifting direction of the paper by the first moving section is switched from one direction to the other direction, controls the second moving section to move the pair of paper side end register section in the other direction. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090087241 | Paper discharge device and image forming apparatus having the same - A paper discharge device and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. In the paper discharge device, the paper discharge roller has a non-uniform diameter extending in a longitudinal direction and the idle roller contacts with the paper discharge roller in the longitudinal direction of the paper discharge roller so that the print paper unfolds and discharges utilizing a velocity differential at a nip between the paper discharge roller and the idle roller. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090097894 | Image forming apparatus having lowered image forming position and recessed sheet stacking portion - In a printer, a scanner unit is formed into a taper shape having a thinner thickness on a side of a pick-up roller in a removing direction of a process unit, to allow the process unit to be removed from the printer. A part of a sheet feeding path is formed in an area between the process unit and a sheet cassette. An image forming position on the sheet feed path is set lower than an upper end of the pick-up roller. Thus, removal of the process unit can be readily performed. Further, the height of the printer at a position of the pick-up roller can be reduced as compared with a case where the scanner unit is not formed into a taper shape. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090110458 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A post-processing apparatus is provided, in which a sheet to be post-processed is substantially vertically dropped in a sequence from a first stage to a second stage, and from the second stage to a third stage, the sheet is temporarily stored in the first stage, a bundle of sheets is post-processed in the second stage, and the sheets are stacked in the third stage, wherein an opening/closing first supporting member is disposed in the first stage, an opening/closing second supporting member and a post-processing unit are disposed in the second stage, a sheet stacking member is disposed in the third stage, and the apparatus includes an integral sheet aligning member which butts against an end portion of the sheet supported by the first supporting member, and end portions of the sheets supported by the second supporting member, and a sheet aligning member moving unit which moves the sheet aligning member. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090110459 | Image forming device - An image forming device is disclosed. The device includes a toner-image forming unit which forms a toner image; a transfer unit; a fixing unit; a paper-output unit; a drive unit; a first drive-power transmission gear; a second drive-power transmission gear; a gear housing; a first positioning unit which positions the fixing unit relative to a device body; and a second positioning unit. The second positioning unit positions the paper-output unit relative to the device body in the direction of a gap between the first drive-power transmission gear and the second drive-power transmission gear by engaging the gear housing with the device body. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090116889 | Image Forming Device - An image-forming device includes an extension tray and an engaging unit. The cover member is capable of opening and closing thereon. The extension tray is rotatably attached to an upper part of the cover member. The engaging unit engages the cover member with the main casing when the cover member is closed. The engaging unit includes an engagement part, an engaging part, and an operating part. The operating part disengages the engaging part from the engagement part when operated. The operating part is capable of being operated when the extension tray is closed. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090169281 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a first image processing unit for performing a first image processing; a discharge unit disposed above the first image processing unit for discharging a medium after the first image processing is performed on the medium; a medium placing unit for placing the medium thus discharged; a second image processing unit disposed above the medium placing unit for performing a second image processing; and an operational unit disposed on the second image processing unit at a specific position thereof for performing a specific operation. The medium placing unit may include a step portion for forming a space between the medium thus discharged and a surface of the medium placing unit. The step portion and the operational unit may be situated at positions, so that the operational unit does not block the step portion viewed from above the image forming apparatus. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090214279 | Medium Ejection Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A medium ejection apparatus is provided which may be part of an image forming apparatus. The medium ejection apparatus may include an ejection roller configured to eject a recording medium and a pinch roller disposed opposite to the ejection roller. The pinch roller is configured to move toward and away from the ejection roller and to press a recording medium toward the ejection roller. Also, the medium ejection apparatus may include an elastic member configured to press the pinch roller toward the ejection roller and a lever disposed downstream of the pinch roller in a recording medium transport direction. The lever is configured to be moved between a first position and a second position. When the lever is in the second position, the lever contacts the pinch roller, which causes a force to be applied against the elastic member, and the pinch roller is spaced away from the ejection roller. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090238623 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image reader, an image forming unit, a sheet discharge device, a sheet receiver, and a sheet moving mechanism. The image reader provided substantially at an upper portion of the image forming apparatus reads an image of a document. The image forming unit disposed substantially below the image reader through some space forms an image based on image information read by the image reader and transfers the image onto a recording medium. The sheet discharge device discharges the recording medium on which an image is formed. The sheet receiver provided in the space between an upper portion of the image forming unit and a bottom portion of the image reader receives the recording medium discharged by the sheet discharge device. The sheet moving mechanism moves the recording medium that is discharged onto the sheet receiver by the sheet discharge device in a desired direction. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090245907 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND SHEET FEEDING DEVICES - An image forming apparatus including an image forming portion that forms an image on a surface of a sheet, a feeding device that feeds the sheet in a sheet feeding direction, a sheet receiving portion, and an engagement portion selectively moves between a first position and a second position. When the engagement portion is in the first position, the engagement portion engages the leading end of the sheet. When the engagement portion is in the second position, the engagement portion does not engage the sheet. When the engagement portion is in the first position, the engagement portion engages a leading end of the sheet before a trailing end of the sheet passes the feeding device. The sheet receiving portion receives the sheet after the engagement portion engages the leading end of the sheet. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090269115 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a developing device that supplies one of plural color developers to the image carrier and forms a developer image; a transfer unit that transfers the developer image to a recording medium; a fixing unit that fixes the developer image; a transport path for transporting the recording medium from a supply position to an exit port; a return path for transporting the recording medium subjected to the fixing process to a position upstream of the transfer unit for performing subsequent processes on a developer image of another color developer; and a plane, including a junction of the transport path and the return path and a center of rotation of the developing device, being provided at a 90°—or wider angle with respect to a plane including a transfer position and the center of rotation of the developing device, on an upstream side of the another plane in a transport direction of the recording medium. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090269116 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a holding tray on which a first recording material is set and which is configured to be advanced and retracted in a linear path between a first position wherein it opposes the recording head and a second position wherein it is retracted from the first position, a reverse transporting portion for transporting a second recording material which is set under the second position while reversing the second recording material in a U shape, and a path forming member for guiding the reversed, another recording material to the linear path after the recording material is bypassed above the second position. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090290922 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an ejection tray and a first function enhancement unit. The ejection tray projects from one side of the image forming apparatus, and receives a recording medium ejected after an image is recorded on the recording medium. The first function enhancement unit is detachably attached to the one side of the image forming apparatus. A bottom face of the first function enhancement unit is positioned above the ejection tray, and a front side of the first function enhancement unit is positioned at rearward from a sheet centerline in a sheet transport direction of the recording medium ejected onto the ejection tray. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090297243 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming device, a fixing unit thermally fixes a development image transferred onto a first surface of a recording medium, the recording medium having a second surface opposite to the first surface. The conveying wall defines a conveying path, along which the recording medium is conveyed from the fixing unit in a conveying direction, the recording medium being conveyed along the conveying path with the first surface of the recording medium confronting the conveying wall, the recording medium having a pair of lateral parts in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, the recording medium being curled at the pair of lateral parts to bring the first surface to face outwardly and the second surface to face inwardly. The abutting member is provided in confrontation with the conveying wall, with the conveying path being defined between the conveying wall and the abutting member, the recording medium being conveyed along the conveying path between the conveying wall and the abutting member with the second surface confronting the abutting member, the abutting member being urged so as to be capable of being in abutment contact with the lateral parts of the recording medium to eliminate the curling of the recording medium. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090304428 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system including: an image reading portion, which reads an image on an original; an image forming portion, which forms an image on a sheet; and a storage device, which stores an original before the image reading portion reads an image thereon and a sheet before the image forming portion forms an image thereon, the storage device being detachably mounted to the image forming system. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090324312 | Document Feeding Device - A document feeding device includes: a document placing tray; a document ejection tray disposed above the document placing tray; a feeding path; a separating mechanism; and ejection rollers. A nip position of the ejection rollers is arranged in a side opposite to a side where the document placing tray is arranged with reference to a vertical plane passing through a separation position of the separating mechanism. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100021220 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING WARPAGE OF SHEET PRINT MEDIA IN A STACKER - A low voltage flexible heater for installation in the base of a printer cabinet and operating on 28 volts or less and providing continuous surface temperatures of 200° C. for convective drying of paper in the print sheet stacker. The pad may be formed of silicone rubber with adhesive backing for ease of installation. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100061787 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND TRAY CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a printing apparatus which includes a tray for setting a printing medium thereon, the printing apparatus including: a switch section which is used to perform a power-on operation or a power-off operation; a tray driving section which performs a driving operation of extracting the tray; a detection section which detects whether the printing medium exists on the tray; a control section which moves the tray to a discharge position by controlling the tray driving section in order to prompt an operation of extracting the printing medium from the tray before an initialization process ends when the printing medium is detected upon performing a power-on process; and a storage section which stores information that the control section moves the tray to the discharge position upon performing the power-on process, | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100111584 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs a recording operation on a sent recording medium; a main body that has the recording unit; a discharge stacker that places the recording medium discharged from the main body therein; and a flexible member that forms a lateral closed region by connecting a downstream end in a discharge direction of the discharge stacker and the main body on the upper side of the downstream end in the discharge direction of the discharge stacker in a placing direction. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100119274 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet of recording media, an image reading unit to read image data of an original document, disposed above the image forming unit, a sheet discharge space defined by the image reading unit and the image forming unit and disposed therebetween, a discharge port formed in a first inner side wall of a main body of the image forming apparatus, through which the sheet is discharged into the sheet discharge space, a positioning member to position and detachably mount a positioning member to position and detachably mount an auxiliary unit adjacent to the discharge port in the sheet discharge space. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100119275 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a main body ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100150634 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet discharging device, comprising: a housing including a first wall; a discharge section configured to discharge a sheet to an outside of the housing through a slit defined in the first wall; a pressing portion attached to the housing so that the pressing portion presses the sheet discharged through the slit outside the slit; and a moving unit configured to move the pressing portion along the slit. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100166473 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a particular tray, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the particular tray to a first conveying path in a feed direction, a recording unit positioned along the first conveying path, and a driving roller positioned along a second conveying path and configured to convey the sheet, after the sheet passes the recording unit, along the second conveying path and back to the first conveying path. The particular tray includes a side guide configured to position the sheets in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. The side guide includes a guide member that defines at least a portion of the second conveying path and is configured to guide the sheet along the second conveying path, and a driven roller rotatably supported on the guide member and configured to pinch the sheet against the driving roller as the sheet is conveyed along the second conveying path. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100166474 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND MULTIPLE SHEET CURL CORRECTING SHEET-RECEIVING UNITS - A sheet discharge tray that forms a sheet-receiving unit in an image-forming apparatus includes a climbing slope from a sheet discharge direction start point to a sheet discharge direction end point. The sheet discharge direction end point is formed by a variable tray having a supporting portion provided on a side of the sheet discharge direction start point. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100172679 | PRINT-MEDIUM STORING UNIT, PRINT-MEDIUM STORING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A print-medium storing unit, a print-medium storing apparatus including the same, and an image forming apparatus including the same which are provided in a power transmission mechanism, print-medium storing apparatus which is installed on a discharge path of a print-medium in an image forming apparatus, includes a plurality of storing units which is arranged with multi-layers, and a controller which controls to drive a feeding unit of another storing unit arranged between the storing unit through which the print-medium is to be discharged and the image forming apparatus, by a driving source of the storing unit through which the print-medium is to be discharged. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100178092 | IMAGE FORMING APPRATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body, an auxiliary discharging part disposed at one side of the main body, a cover unit to open and close the auxiliary discharging part and stack thereon paper discharged through the auxiliary discharging part, a guide member rotatably mounted to the cover unit to guide the paper when the paper is rotating, and a supporting device to support the guide member when the auxiliary discharging part is in an opened state. Since the supporting device supports the guide member when the auxiliary discharging part is in an opened state, paper being discharged through the auxiliary discharging part may be stably stacked on the cover unit, being prevented from interfering with the guide member. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100183352 | Image Forming Apparatus With Exposure Units - In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of process units each including a photoconductor drum are arranged in tandem; a plurality of exposure units configured to expose the photoconductor drum to light are each disposed above and opposite to the corresponding photoconductor drum; an output tray configured to receive an ejected recording sheet on which an image has been formed is disposed above the plurality of exposure units; and an image reader unit configured to read an image of a source document is disposed above the output tray with a predetermined space provided between the image reader unit and the output tray. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100196073 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus distributes and conveys sheets to plural storage trays. The apparatus includes a flapper configured to guide a sheet to each of the plural storage trays by changing an angle thereof, a conveying roller configured to discharge the sheet moved along the flapper to each of the storage trays, and a link member which is connected to the flapper and the conveying roller, and rotates to change the angle of the flapper and a position of the conveying roller with respect to the plural storage trays. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100232856 | DISCHARGE MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A discharge mechanism includes: a rotating shaft that is rotatable; a plurality of roll portions provided around the rotating shaft; an opposing member provided above the roll portions so as to oppose the roll portions, the opposing member holding and conveying a material to be conveyed, in cooperation with the roll portions so that the material to be conveyed is discharged onto a discharge section; and a protrusion formed on an outer periphery of the rotating shaft, the protrusion not protruding beyond the outer diameter of the roll portions. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232857 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An embodiment includes an image forming apparatus utilizing internal paper ejection. An embodiment may include a paper ejection tray disposed on the bottom of a paper ejection space. In some embodiments, the paper ejection tray may include a flat portion, a sloping portion, and/or a protruding portion. In an embodiment, the flat portion of the paper ejection tray may extend substantially horizontally by a predetermined distance downstream from a wall on the upstream side in a paper ejection direction. An embodiment may include a sloping portion that slopes upward downstream from the flat portion. In some embodiments, the protruding portion may slope upward from the flat portion to the front of the apparatus, the top of the protruding portion being higher than an operation panel. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100239344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus receives input of sheet information of a print sheet designated as a print destination of print data by a predetermined information processing apparatus as first sheet information, and stores therein sheet information of a print sheet designated as a print destination in advance by the image forming apparatus as second sheet information. A feed-timing determining unit compares the first sheet information with the second sheet information and determines the feed timing of a print sheet contained in a feed tray in accordance with the comparison result. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100247201 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH PRINTED-PAPER STORING FUNCTION AND PRINTED-PAPER STORING METHOD THEREOF - In a housing in which a printing unit is provided, a printed-paper storing unit that stores paper printed by the printing unit is provided to be removable to the outside. This printed-paper storing unit can be brought into a lock state in which removal to the outside of the housing is physically prevented by a fixing mechanism. When a print job sent from a user side designates internal storage of printed paper, the printed-paper storing unit is fixed in the housing by the fixing mechanism and locked. An unlock number of a number selected at random is notified to the user side to perform printing. After the printing is finished, the finish of the printing is notified to the user side and the lock state is released according to input of the unlock number to make it possible to remove printed paper to the outside. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100254741 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed an image forming system including: an image forming apparatus to form an image on a sheet conveyed from a feeding section to eject the sheet; and a plurality of finishers each including one or a plurality of ejection trays, which finishers are connected to the image forming apparatus and perform finishing to the sheet ejected from the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a control section to determine a sheet feeding interval of the feeding section based on a position of the ejection tray to which a first sheet is ejected and a position of the ejection tray to which a second sheet is ejected, an image-forming order of the second sheet being immediately before an image-forming order of the first sheet. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100278576 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a support portion configured to support first and second rollers to be able to increase/decrease a distance between an axis line of the first roller and an axis line of the second roller including a second roller body; an elastic member configured to urge at least one of the first and second rollers to relatively bring it close to the other; and a regulating portion configured to regulate, at a position at which part of the plurality of first roller bodies and part of the second roller body overlap each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, movement of the at least one of the first and second rollers in a direction of increasing the distance between the axis line of the first roller and the axis line of the second roller. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100290825 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS, AND SHEET DISCHARGING METHOD - An embodiment of an image forming apparatus includes: a sheet discharging unit provided in a space between a document reading unit and an image forming unit; a stack tray on which a sheet discharged to the sheet discharging unit is stacked; a rotating mechanism configured to lift and lower, with a front surface side of the stack tray as a fulcrum, the other end of the stack tray to incline the stack tray; and a control unit configured to control an angle of inclination of the stack tray in association with the discharge of the sheet such that the angle of inclination decreases as sheets stacked on the stack tray increase. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100296853 | Hold-Down Device for Multiple-Ply or Integrated Forms in Printer Trays - A hold-down device is disclosed for holding down the leading edges of sheet materials, such as multiple-ply sheets or integrated forms, disposed in a tray of a printer in a horizontal or flat position prior to feeding the leading edge of the top sheet or integrated form into the printer feed mechanism. Because some sheet materials are prone to curling, which causes jamming in the feed mechanism or downstream in printing path within commonly used printers, the disclosed hold-down device maintains the leading edge of the top sheet in a flat or horizontal position so it can be reliably and evenly received in the feeder mechanism of the printer, thereby reducing the chances of jamming when sheet materials that are prone to curling, such as multiple-ply sheets or integrated forms, are being printed. The hold-down device includes a base with two ends. Each end may include a retainer or other means for detachably connecting the base to the paper tray of the printer. The base is hingedly connected to a pair of parallel arms. Each arm includes a distal end that engages or rests on the top sheet adjacent, but proximal to the leading edge of the top sheet to prevent curling. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100329763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit; a first conveying path, along which a recording medium accommodated in a paper feeding cassette is conveyed to the image forming unit; and a second conveying path, along which a recording medium inserted into a manual paper feeding port is conveyed to the image forming unit; wherein the manual paper feeding port is formed at a front side of the image forming apparatus on an upper surface of an apparatus main body and wherein an inclined path obliquely extending from the manual paper feeding port to below and toward a rear of the apparatus main body is also formed, wherein the second conveying path is structured so that a recording medium inserted into the manual paper feeding port can fall into the inclined path due to the weight of the recording medium. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110033217 | Image Forming System and Post-Processing Apparatus - There is described an image forming system, which confirms a finished state of an image at any time during the implementation of the image forming job as needed. The system includes: an image forming section to respectively form images on recording materials; a stacking section to stack the recording materials continuously ejected from the image forming section; an instruction inputting section from which an operator inputs instruction information; an ejecting section to stack a part of the recording materials in such a manner that the operator can pick up stacked recording materials by hand; a controlling section to conduct controlling operations in response to the instruction information, inputted from the instruction inputting section during an implementation of an image forming job including an operation for stacking the recording materials ejected from the image forming section, in order to eject the part of the recording materials onto the ejecting section. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110070009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MEDIA TRAYS IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for managing media trays in an image production device is disclosed that may include determining if a media tray door is open, and if so, starting a timer, determining if a misfeed indication has been set, and if so, determining if the timer has reached a first predetermined value, and if it has not, determining if the media tray door has been closed, and if so, returning the image production device to a pre-media tray opening state. Otherwise, if it is determined that a misfeed indication has been set, determining if the timer has reached a second predetermined value, and if it has not, determining if the media tray door has been closed, and if so, returning the image production device to the pre-media tray opening state. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110097126 | Sheet discharger and image forming apparatus including same - A sheet discharger including a pair of rotary bodies to discharge a sheet to a discharge part by rotating while sandwiching the sheet and to hold the sheet, a part of which is discharged and exposed from a discharge exit of the sheet discharger, and a separation unit operatively connected to the pair of rotary bodies, including an operating part provided closer to the discharge exit than the pair of rotary bodies to support the sheet held by the pair of rotary bodies, that separates the pair of rotary bodies from each other by withdrawal of the sheet held by the pair of rotary bodies toward the discharge exit of the sheet discharger. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110123241 | DISCHARGE DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a discharge device of an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus having the same, and a control method thereof, which prevents jamming or loading defects of paper to be discharged. To this end, a press force adjusting device is provided to adjust a press position of an elastic press member upward or downward. The press force adjusting device includes a press plate to support the elastic press member and a height adjustor to adjust a height of the press plate. The height adjustor adjusts the height of the press plate via rotation of a cam body having an eccentric rotation center. The height adjustment enables adjustment in the curling degree of paper depending on a paper thickness or environment conditions. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110123242 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PAPER EJECTION METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive unit for changing the driving rate of paper ejection rollers for ejecting sheets of paper after fixing is installed, and an image forming apparatus has an option, and when ejecting the sheets of paper to an intra-body paper ejection unit, after the sheets of paper pass a fixing device, the paper ejection rate of paper ejection rollers | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110129272 | PRINTER WITH BRACKET FOR HOLDING PAPER TRAY - A printer includes a main body for printing and outputting paper, a bracket attached to the main body, a driving mechanism, and a tray for receiving the paper. The bracket includes two sidewalls. A retaining member is secured to each sidewall. A first spring member is secured between each retaining member and the corresponding sidewall. The driving mechanisms are secured to the sidewalls. Each driving mechanism includes a sliding member slidable on the sidewall. The tray is received in the bracket. The tray has tray posts. The sliding members are slid to bring the tray. The tray posts slide the retaining members from a first position to a second position before passing across the retaining members, and the retaining members are slid from the second position to the first position by rebounding of the first springs after the tray posts pass across the retaining members. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110135364 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a sheet; a paper feeding cassette configured to store sheets to be supplied to the image forming unit; a case configured to house the image forming unit and the paper feeding cassette; a scanner provided in an upper part of the case, shifted with respect to an area surrounded by sides of the case, and configured to read an image of an original document; a second connecting section provided in an upper part of the case, which is an area of the area surrounded by sides of the case where the scanner is not located, and connected to a first connecting section provided on a bottom surface of a paper discharging apparatus that receives a sheet from the image forming unit; and a discharging unit configured to discharge the sheet from the image forming unit to a conveying path of the paper discharging apparatus when the first connecting section and the second connecting section are connected. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110170923 | EJECTION MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An ejection mechanism includes: a pair of ejection rollers that upwardly eject at an oblique angle a recording medium carried along a predefined carry path; and an ejection tray that includes a piling surface on which the recording medium ejected from the pair of ejection rollers is piled and a side wall surface that faces a trailing edge of the recording medium piled on the piling surface, wherein, the side wall surface is positioned on an ejection direction upstream side with respect to a plumb line that contacts the pair of the ejection rollers on a ejection direction downstream side, and is formed inclining toward a point separated from the plumb line as the side wall surface travels downward from a bottom part of the pair of the ejection rollers. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110200374 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body frame; an image formation section contained in the main body frame that forms an image on a recording medium; an ejection mechanism contained in the main body frame that ejects the recording medium on which an image has been formed to an ejection section on the upper surface of the main body frame; an image scanning device mounted on the ejection section that scans the image of a document; and an operation section provided on the upstream side in the ejection direction of the recording medium in the ejection section that operates the image scanning device; wherein sides and the backside of the ejection section being opened viewed from the operation section side. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120045265 | CHARGE REMOVAL FROM A SHEET - A method of removing charge from a charged sheet prior to stacking the charged sheet is disclosed. The method includes moving the charged sheet through a set of nipped rollers while a first roller has an AC voltage applied thereto so that a first side of the charged sheet is in contact with the first roller and has its charge substantially dissipated, whereby charge substantially remains on a second side of the charged sheet in contact with a second roller. The method further includes using at least one non-contact charge removal device to remove charge from the second side of the charged sheet, and stacking the discharged sheet. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120070215 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: a pair of first sheet ejecting rollers and a pair of second sheet ejecting rollers that eject a sheet on which an image is formed; a guide member that guides the sheet to the pair of first sheet ejecting rollers or the pair of second sheet ejecting rollers; a controller that performs control so that, while a sheet that is to be ejected by the pair of first sheet ejecting rollers onto an ejected-sheet tray is being held by the pair of first sheet ejecting rollers in a stopped state, the pair of second sheet ejecting rollers is in a stopped state and hold an immediately subsequent sheet above the ejected-sheet tray; and a fan that moves air toward the sheet held by the pair of first sheet ejecting rollers and the immediately subsequent sheet held by the pair of second sheet ejecting rollers. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120082496 | Image Forming Device Having Sheet Discharge Guide - An image forming device including a main frame, a fixing unit, and a sheet discharge guide. The main frame is formed with a sheet discharge opening. The fixing unit includes a heat member and a pressure member providing a nip portion in cooperation with the heat member to fix a developing agent image onto a sheet at the nip portion. The sheet discharge guide provides a generally U-shaped guide surface configured to turn around the sheet discharged from the fixing unit toward the sheet discharge opening. The sheet discharge guide is displaceable toward and away from the nip portion between a non displaced state and a displaced state. The sheet discharge guide is configured to guide the sheet toward the sheet discharge opening at the non displaced state and the displaced state. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120093555 | SHEET-DISCHARGE APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet-discharge fan that blows air downward of a sheet-discharged by an upper sheet-discharge roller, and a control portion configured to control an air velocity of air blown from the sheet-discharge fan according to a basic weight of the sheet. In the case where the basic weight of the sheet is a predetermined value or less, the control portion increases the air velocity of the sheet-discharge fan according to the basic weight of the sheet based on basic weight information from an input portion for inputting the basic weight information of the sheet. The control portion also controls the air velocity of the sheet-discharge fan to be a velocity at which the sheet whose rear edge contacts the sheet-stacking wall does not move in a sheet-discharge direction in the case where the basic weight of the sheet exceeds the predetermined value. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120195668 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes an image forming section that forms an image on one side or both sides of a recording sheet; a main body, in which the image forming section is arranged; a main body discharge section arranged in the main body, and to which the recording sheet is discharged; and a discharge unit that is removable with respect to a side surface of the main body, and connectable to a reverse transportation path to reverse front and back of the recording sheet when forming images on both sides of the recording sheet; wherein the recording sheet can be selectively discharged to the main body discharge section or the discharge unit. The discharge unit includes a discharge tray, a discharge roller, a swinging member to guide the recording sheet to the discharge tray, and a rotation drive portion to rotate the discharge roller and swing the swinging member. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120201586 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus of the invention has: an ejecting unit that is capable of receiving a sheet on which a toner image has been heated and fixed, and ejecting the sheet for a predetermined normal ejecting time; and a processing unit that processes the sheet ejected by the ejecting unit according to obtained sheet information, wherein the ejecting unit ejects the sheet for an ejecting time longer than the normal ejecting time. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120224901 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE MEDIUM TRANSPORTING APPARATUS - A medium transporting apparatus is incorporated in an apparatus, and includes a first transport path and a second transport path. The first transport path is defined in the body of the apparatus. The second transport path is disposed on a medium cassette. The medium cassette is movable in a direction in which the medium cassette is pulled out of the apparatus and in a direction in which the medium cassette is inserted into the apparatus, so that the second transport path is detachably coupled to the first transport path. When the medium cassette has been inserted completely into the apparatus, a guide member extends to cover a joint portion between the first transport path and the second transport path, thereby facilitating advancement of the medium from the second transport path to the first transport path. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120263511 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus having a plurality of sheet storage units that stores sheets to be supplied to a printing unit includes a reception unit configured to receive, from an external printing apparatus in which a sheet storage unit group constituted by arbitrary sheet storage units of a plurality of sheet storage units has been formed, paper information that is information of sheets stored in respective sheet storage units that constitute the sheet storage unit group, and a creation unit configured to form a sheet storage unit group corresponding to a sheet storage unit group formed in the external printing apparatus using arbitrary sheet storage units of the plurality of sheet storage units which the printing apparatus has, based on the information of the sheets stored in each of the plurality of sheet storage units which the external printing apparatus has, and the paper information received by the reception unit. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130034376 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a sheet roll supporter disposed below a main body of the image forming apparatus to support a sheet roll such that a sheet is fed from the sheet roll, an image forming unit to form an image on the sheet fed from the sheet roll, a sheet discharger disposed downstream from the image forming unit in a direction of conveyance of the sheet to discharge the sheet having the image thereon in a sheet discharging direction, a guide unit to guide the sheet discharged from the sheet discharger to the front of the main body of the image forming apparatus, and a stacking unit on which the sheet passing the guide unit is stacked. Upper and front parts of the sheet roll are covered with the guide unit and the stacking unit across a width direction of the sheet perpendicular to the sheet discharging direction. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130164066 | SHEET FEEDING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet feeding mechanism incorporatable in an image forming apparatus includes a cover unit rotatably attached to one side of a main body of an image forming apparatus to cover a part of a sheet conveyance path, a first feeding member located in a main body of the apparatus, a second feeding member located in the cover unit in a displaceable manner and facing the first feeding member when the cover unit is closed and sandwiching and conveying a recording medium along the sheet conveyance path with the first feeding member, and a guide member disposed in the main body to guide the second feeding member. The guide member guides the second feeding member to move in a first direction that approaches the first feeding member when closing the cover unit and in a second direction that separates from the first feeding member when opening the cover unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130170883 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a housing having a discharge port, a plurality of photosensitive bodies mounted in the housing, a transfer unit to transfer visible images formed on the plurality of photosensitive bodies onto a printing medium, a fusing unit to fuse transferred visible images to the printing medium, and a reverse unit to reverse a moving direction of the printing medium, after the printing medium has passed through the fusing unit. As the moving direction of the printed printing medium is reversed by the reverse unit, the printing medium may be discharged while a printed surface of the printing medium is directed downward, allowing a user to easily draw out the printing medium. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130177342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body and a sheet container. The main body includes an image forming device to form the image on a sheet. The sheet container is removably installable in the main body, accommodates a stack of sheets, and is movable between a first state that the sheet container is installed in the main body and a second state that the sheet container is removed from a first side surface of the image forming apparatus. The planar member includes a cutout opening in an upper end of the planar member, a lower edge of the opening forms a pull-out handle on the first side surface to assist in removal of the sheet container form the image forming apparatus, and an upper edge of the opening forms a lift-up handle to assist in lifting the image forming apparatus with the sheet container installed therein. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130189014 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, comprising: a main body, at least one photosensitive drum, a transfer belt provided in the main body to form a conveying surface; a fixing unit; and an antistatic member configured to suppress detachment discharge caused when a sheet-like medium is detached from the transfer belt, wherein the antistatic member is situated in the main body at a position on a downstream side of the at least one photosensitive drum and on an upstream side of the fixing unit along the conveying path, wherein the at least one photosensitive drum is held on a photosensitive drum holding body configured to be detachably attachable to the main body; and the antistatic member is provided for the at least one photosensitive drum holding body on a downstream side with respect to a contact position between the at least one photosensitive drum and the sheet-like medium. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130195533 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an ejection tray including a support portion, a plurality of ejection rollers having a nip portion, and a tray cover having a first surface and a second surface and being configured to move between an extended position where the first surface faces upward and a covering position where the tray cover is supported by the support portion to cover an upper surface of the ejection tray and the second surface faces upward. When the tray cover is in the covering position, an upstream end portion of the second surface of the tray cover in a sheet ejection direction is disposed in a position closer to the nip portion than the upper surface of the ejection tray and lower than the nip portion such that a leading end of the recording sheet ejected from the nip portion passes on or over the second surface. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130236228 | RECORDING MEDIUM DISCHARGING DEVICE - A recording medium discharging device includes a discharging unit configured to discharge a recording medium from a discharge port; a tray unit on which the recording medium discharged from the discharging unit is stacked; and an air blower configured to blow air in a direction substantially parallel to a direction in which the recording medium is discharged. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130266357 | RECORDING MEDIUM EJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A job separator includes a conveyance port communicating with a paper conveyance path in a main body of an image forming apparatus, an exit port open toward a second exit tray, and a reversing port configured to switch back paper in forming images on both surfaces of the paper. A branch guide, which is configured to switch a paper conveyance direction between toward the exit port and toward the reversing port, is arranged upstream of the exit port and the reversing port in a paper ejection direction. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130294805 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to cool a sheet discharged onto an output sheet stacking surface while keeping the sheet from floating up. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140029998 | SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A sheet discharge device includes a sheet discharge path, a discharge portion for discharging the sheet, and a pressing member. The pressing member is shiftable between a hanging posture, in which the pressing member hangs from an axis of pivotal movement thereof above the discharge path in such a manner as to block the discharge path, and a retracted posture, in which the pressing member is pivotally moved about the axis of pivotal movement in the sheet discharge direction for opening the discharge path. The pressing member has a side portion protruding into the discharge path in the hanging posture thereof, and a bottom portion continuing to a lower end of the side portion and extending toward downstream in the sheet discharge direction. The bottom portion includes an inclined surface inclined upwardly toward a middle part of the sheet in the sheet width direction in the hanging posture. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029999 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING PLURALITY OF PAPER OUTPUT TRAYS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a first paper output tray, and a second paper output tray. The image forming portion forms toner images and fixes toner images on sheets. The first paper output tray includes a first receiving portion positioned on its upper surface and configured to receive a sheet with a fixed toner image thereon. The second paper output tray is positioned over the first receiving portion. The second paper output tray includes a second receiving portion positioned on its upper surface and configured to receive a sheet thereon. The second paper output tray includes an accommodation space therein. The accommodation space accommodates cooling air for cooling the sheets. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140126944 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A present sheet processing apparatus controls to stack sheets on a sheet stack unit and controls to align sheets by a plurality of alignment members. When the alignment unit cannot align sheets, the apparatus prompts a user to move the alignment members. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140212195 | BYPASS FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A bypass feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes an opening/closing unit opening and closing with respect to an apparatus body between a unit closed state and a unit open state, a bypass tray opening and closing with respect to the opening/closing unit between a tray closed state and a tray open state, a linkage including a flexible-member fixing member and connecting the opening/closing unit to the apparatus body, and a flexible member having one end fixed to the fixing member and the other end fixed to the bypass tray. When the opening/closing unit is changed to the unit open state while the bypass tray is rotated away from the opening/closing unit to the tray open state, the fixing member of the linkage shifts by pulling the flexible member to hold the bypass tray at a substantially horizontal line with respect to a sheet loading surface. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140294477 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a housing having a discharge port, a plurality of photosensitive bodies mounted in the housing, a transfer unit to transfer visible images formed on the plurality of photosensitive bodies onto a printing medium, a fusing unit to fuse transferred visible images to the printing medium, and a reverse unit to reverse a moving direction of the printing medium, after the printing medium has passed through the fusing unit. As the moving direction of the printed printing medium is reversed by the reverse unit, the printing medium may be discharged while a printed surface of the printing medium is directed downward, allowing a user to easily draw out the printing medium. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140314462 | POWER ASSIST SCISSOR LIFT - A scissor lift apparatus includes a sliding carriage member and a pivoting linkage added to a conventional scissor lift in order to lower the force required to lift a tray holding heavy media during the initial portion of the lifting action where the scissor lift is fully compressed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150016856 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet storing portion is maintained in a state in which a sheet stacking portion on which sheets are stacked is electrically insulated, when the sheet storing portion is contained in a containing portion of an image forming apparatus body at the time of formation of an image. The sheet stacking portion is switched from the insulation state to a grounding state in which the sheet stacking portion is grounded through a ground portion by a switching portion through an operation of drawing the sheet storing portion. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150078797 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that executes image forming processing and stores sheets in a sheet storage location of the image forming apparatus even when the image forming processing results in needing to store more sheets that the amount of sheets storable in the sheet storage location. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150098744 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit, an image forming unit, a discharge unit, and a discharge tray. The image reading unit is configured to read a document placed on a document placement table by moving and scanning of a scanning body in a sub-scanning direction. The image forming unit is configured to form an image read by the image reading unit on a paper sheet. The discharge unit is configured to discharge the paper sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming unit to a direction perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction. The discharge tray is on which the paper sheet from the discharge unit is to be placed with a space portion at a lower side of the image reading unit. A bottom surface of a housing of the image reading unit facing the discharge tray is constituted of a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is a surface at a front side of the discharge unit in a discharging direction and high with respect to the discharge tray. The second surface is a surface at a back side of the discharge unit in the discharging direction lower than the first surface with respect to the discharge tray. A pulling member and/or a movable wiring are/is arranged at an upper side of the second surface inside the housing. The pulling member is configured to move the scanning body back and forth in the sub-scanning direction. One end portion of the movable wiring is secured to the scanning body. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150110538 | SHEET STORAGE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sheet storage device having a high sheet receiving performance and whose size is reduced. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150117927 | Image Processing Apparatus Including Two Portions For Receiving Discharged Sheet - In an image processing apparatus, a control device controls a releasing member to release a release object onto a sheet to perform an image processing; controls a first rotating body to rotate to convey the sheet on which the releasing member has released the release object; controls a second rotating body to rotate to convey the sheet whose leading edge has passed through the first rotating body; determines whether a cover is in an open position or a close position relative to a housing of the image processing apparatus based on a signal outputted by a cover sensor; and restricts, when the cover is determined to be in the open position based on the signal, a rotation of the second rotating body while the first rotating body rotates. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150117928 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORAGE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A recording medium storage apparatus has a storage cassette and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism restricts movement of the storage cassette in the drawing direction. The lock mechanism has an engaging portion on an apparatus body and an engaged portion on the storage cassette. While the storage cassette is drawn out of the apparatus body, an abutting portion of the engaging portion moves along a first slope on the engaged portion toward a peak portion while swinging in a second direction in which it retracts from the engaged portion, and meanwhile the engaged portion rotates in a third direction so that the peak portion is displaced from a protruding position to a guiding position. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150147103 | BLOWING DEVICE, HOLDER FOR BLOWING DEVICE, SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A blowing device is equipped with a blowing portion and a holder. The blowing portion has a cylindrical body that stores a rotating body, and includes: a suction inlet arranged on a side surface perpendicular to the axial direction of the cylindrical body; and an exhaust outlet arranged on a part of the peripheral surface of the cylindrical body. The holder has a wall that faces the peripheral surface of the blowing portion with a gap between the wall and the peripheral surface, and holds the blowing portion inside. The holder includes: a suction portion that communicates with the suction inlet; and an exhaust portion that causes the exhaust outlet to communicate with the outside and the gap. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150147104 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a developing agent image onto a sheet, a fixing unit configured to fix the developing agent image onto the sheet, a discharge tray configured to receive the sheet having the developing agent image thereon, at least one pair of discharge rollers disposed downstream of the fixing unit in a conveying direction and configured to discharge the sheet toward the discharge tray, and at least one pair of conveying rollers disposed at a conveying path extending between the fixing unit and the at least one pair of discharge rollers. The at least one pair of conveying rollers is configured to convey the sheet toward the at least one discharge rollers in the conveying direction and to form the sheet into a corrugated shape having at least one of a ridge portion and a groove portion in a sheet thickness direction. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150301490 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body including an opening, an image forming unit, a storage portion, a moving unit, and a control unit. The control unit switches between a first state and a second state, the first state being a state where the moving unit is prohibited from moving and exposing a first sheet when information about a second user different from a first user who has instructed to print a first sheet is received, and the second state being a state where the moving unit is permitted to move and expose the first sheet if information about the second user is received. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160004200 | SHEET DISCHARGE TRAY, SHEET DISCHARGE MECHANISM AND DECOLORIZATION DEVICE - A sheet discharge tray according to an embodiment includes a loading board that receives sheets that are discharged from a sheet transport path. A first contact alignment board is vertically positioned on the loading board at a first end portion on an upstream side in a sheet discharge direction. A second, contact alignment board is vertically positioned on the loading board at a second end portion on a downstream side in the sheet discharge direction. An alignment roller aligns sheets that are less than or equal to a predetermined size to abut against the first contact alignment board. The alignment roller aligns sheets that are greater than the predetermined size to abut against the second contact alignment board. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160026136 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET STORAGE DEVICE - In an image forming apparatus including an apparatus body, an image forming portion, a conveyance unit, a storage portion, a sheet movement unit, a memory portion, and a control portion, in a case where an image forming instruction to perform image formation on a sheet has been received, the control portion provides notification of a plurality of discharging methods of storing the sheet which is an object of the image forming instruction, into the storage portion and then exposing the sheet outside of the apparatus body via an opening of the storage portion, based on first information stored in the memory portion and second information about the sheet which is an object of the image forming instruction, and controls the conveyance unit and the sheet movement unit based on a discharging method selected from among the plurality of discharging methods. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160054695 | Image Forming Device Having Feed Tray and Retaining Unit Retaining Photosensitive Drums - An image forming device includes: a main casing; a retaining unit; a feed tray; and a pickup roller. The retaining unit retains a plurality of photosensitive drums juxtaposedly arrayed and spaced away from each other in an array direction. The retaining unit is movable in the array direction between a mounted position in which the retaining unit is mounted in the main casing and a pulled-out position in which the retaining unit is pulled out of the main casing. The feed tray is configured to accommodate a first transferred medium. The pickup roller is configured to pick up the first transferred medium accommodated in the feed tray. The pickup roller is arranged to overlap with the retaining unit in the array direction. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160085198 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus with a duplex printing function may include a closeable and openable portion. In one example, the portion may correspond to a cover of the image forming apparatus. The cover may include guiding portions configured to define a return path for duplex printing. In another example, the portion may correspond to a document reading unit including an outer casing. A portion of the outer casing may be configured to guide a recording sheet that is conveyed out of a housing of the image forming apparatus by a switchback roller. In one example, the switchback roller may convey a recording sheet to a position above an upper surface of the outer casing. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160103415 | POWER ASSIST SCISSOR LIFT - A scissor lift apparatus includes a sliding carriage member and a pivoting linkage added to a conventional scissor lift in order to lower the force required to lift a tray holding heavy media during the initial portion of the lifting action where the scissor lift is fully compressed. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160124370 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: an electrophotographic image forming section; a sheet feeding tray; a conveying roller; a sheet discharging tray; a sheet discharging roller that is switched between a first state in which the sheet discharging roller rotates in a first direction and a second state in which the sheet discharging roller rotates in a second direction in which the sheet is conveyed back toward the image forming section; and a re-conveying roller that conveys the sheet conveyed back toward the image forming section by the sheet discharging roller, the re-conveying roller having an axial direction parallel to an axial direction of the conveying roller and being located at a position at which the re-conveying roller projected onto a first virtual plane that is perpendicular to the axial direction at least partially overlap with the conveying roller projected onto the first virtual plane. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160150098 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit, an image forming unit, a discharge unit, and a discharge tray. The image reading unit is configured to read a document placed on a document placement table by moving and scanning of a scanning body in a sub-scanning direction. The image forming unit is configured to form an image read by the image reading unit on a paper sheet. The discharge unit is configured to discharge the paper sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming unit to a direction perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction. The discharge tray is on which the paper sheet from the discharge unit is to be placed with a space portion at a lower side of the image reading unit. A bottom surface of a housing of the image reading unit facing the discharge tray is constituted of a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is a surface at a front side of the discharge unit in a discharging direction and high with respect to the discharge tray. The second surface is a surface at a back side of the discharge unit in the discharging direction lower than the first surface with respect to the discharge tray. A pulling member and/or a movable wiring are/is arranged at an upper side of the second surface inside the housing. The pulling member is configured to move the scanning body back and forth in the sub-scanning direction. One end portion of the movable wiring is secured to the scanning body. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154361 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160161875 | DESTATICIZING BRUSH AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A destaticizing brush includes a grounding member, a conductive brush member, and an adhesive tape member. The conductive brush member is bent back in a U-turn shape along an outer periphery of the grounding member in a direction in which a longitudinal direction intersects the grounding member such that the conductive brush member is in electric contact with the grounding member. An outer periphery of the conductive brush member that has been bent back and the grounding member are adhered in an integrated manner with the adhesive tape member, and at least one end of the conductive brush member is exposed from the adhesive tape member. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160179041 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
