Invention Application
- Patent Title: Compact image forming apparatus with post-processing
- Patent Title (中): 紧凑型成像设备，后处理
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Application No.: US12232290Application Date: 2008-09-15
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Publication No.: US20090074495A1Publication Date: 2009-03-19
- Inventor: Takamasa Shiraki , Takayuki Andoh , Kohji Hatayama , Yoshihide Ohta , Masato Ogawa , Tetsuya Fujioka , Takuji Takahashi , Yasunobu Youda , Kazushige Kawamura
- Applicant: Takamasa Shiraki , Takayuki Andoh , Kohji Hatayama , Yoshihide Ohta , Masato Ogawa , Tetsuya Fujioka , Takuji Takahashi , Yasunobu Youda , Kazushige Kawamura
- Priority: JP2007-239716 20070914; JP2008-157842 20080617
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00
Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus, when a first sheet discharger discharges a sheet bearing an image in a first direction from a proximal end to a distal end of the image forming apparatus, a post-processing device performs post-processing including at least one of stapling, punching, stamping, and sorting of the sheet discharged from the first sheet discharger. After a second sheet discharger discharges the processed sheet in a second direction opposite to the first direction in which the first sheet discharger discharges the sheet bearing the image, a sheet stacker stacks the sheet discharged from the second sheet discharger. A sheet conveyance path is provided between the first sheet discharger and the second sheet discharger. An opening is provided between the sheet stacker and an image reader so that the sheet discharged from the second sheet discharger can be retrieved from the sheet stacker in the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US08204431B2 Compact image forming apparatus with post-processing Public/Granted day:2012-06-19
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