公开(公告)号：US20110068535A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-24

申请号：US12758409

申请日：2010-04-12

Applicant: Hidekazu AMAMOTO

Inventor： Hidekazu AMAMOTO

IPC: B65H29/00

CPC classification number: B65H29/125 ,  B41J13/106 ,  B65H29/60 ,  B65H43/08 ,  B65H2301/341 ,  B65H2403/942 ,  B65H2408/13 ,  B65H2513/42 ,  B65H2801/06 ,  G03G15/6573 ,  B65H2220/02

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit forming an image on a recording medium; a first transportation route that forms a transportation route for the recording medium extending to an outside of the apparatus, and that has a transportation route length longer than a maximum length in a transportation direction of the recording medium, the transportation route length being from an image formation functional unit at a most downstream portion of the image forming unit in the transportation direction to an output position of the recording medium; and a recording medium transportation unit that, upon output of a part of the recording medium from the first transportation route, stops the transportation in a state of holding a remaining part of the recording medium in the first transportation route, and outputs the recording medium to the outside in accordance with pull out operation for the stopped recording medium.

Abstract translation: 图像形成装置包括：图像形成单元，在记录介质上形成图像; 形成延伸到设备外部的记录介质的运送路线，并且具有比记录介质的运送方向上的最大长度长的运送路线长度的第一运送路线，运送路线长度是从图像 在所述图像形成单元的输送方向的最下游部分处的所述记录介质功能单元到所述记录介质的输出位置; 以及记录介质传送单元，其在从所述第一传送路线输出所述记录介质的一部分时，在将所述记录介质的剩余部分保持在所述第一传送路线中的状态下停止传送，并将所述记录介质输出到 外部按照拔出操作停止记录介质。