- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a top cover with an overhang portion
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Application No.: US17587846Application Date: 2022-01-28
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Publication No.: US12025939B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Hironori Takahashi
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP 21015487 2021.02.03
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance passage, an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit, an apparatus body, a sheet discharge port, a pair of sheet pressing members, a discharge tray, and an overhang portion. The image forming unit includes an image carrying member. The sheet discharge unit is disposed above the image forming unit. The sheet discharge port is provided in the sheet discharge unit and has an upper edge and a lower edge. The pair of sheet pressing members press the sheet passing through the sheet discharge port. The overhang portion protrudes from the upper edge of the sheet discharge port in the sheet discharge direction beyond the lower edge. The overhang portion is disposed such that the straight line passing through the distal end of the overhang portion and the lower edge of the sheet discharge port passes above the image carrying member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220244672A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-08-04
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