发明授权
- 专利标题: Image forming apparatus
- 专利标题(中): 图像形成装置
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申请号: US13845793申请日: 2013-03-18
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公开(公告)号: US08977184B2公开(公告)日: 2015-03-10
- 发明人: Hiroshi Tokuda , Tomonori Watanabe
- 申请人: Hiroshi Tokuda , Tomonori Watanabe
- 申请人地址: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- 专利权人: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- 当前专利权人: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- 代理机构: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- 优先权: JP2012-147199 20120629; JP2012-147201 20120629
- 主分类号: G03G15/00
- IPC分类号: G03G15/00 ; B65H29/00 ; B65H5/00 ; G03G15/23 ; G03G21/16
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyance path configured to guide a recording sheet conveyed from a sheet placement portion, passing through a sheet feeder unit, a nip portion between a photoconductor and transfer member, a fixing device, and a sheet ejection unit in this order; and a re-conveyance path configured to guide the sheet conveyed from the fixing device to an upstream-side path which constitutes part of the conveyance path extending upstream from the photoconductor. The re-conveyance path branches off from the conveyance path at a position downstream from the fixing device and extends to pass through a space between the photoconductor and the exposure device. The re-conveyance path includes a switchback mechanism configured to reverse a traveling direction of a sheet conveyed along the re-conveyance path after passing through the space between the photoconductor and the exposure device and to convey the sheet toward the upstream-side path.
公开/授权文献
- US20140003850A1 Image Forming Apparatus 公开/授权日:2014-01-02
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