Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakafumi Katayama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet discharged from the apparatus body is to be stacked, an extension member, and an upper device. The extension member is rotatable about a rotating fulcrum between a first position at which the extension member is stored in the sheet stacking portion and a second position at which the extension member extends to downstream of the sheet stacking portion in a sheet discharge direction in which the sheet is discharged from the apparatus body. The upper device is disposed above the rotating fulcrum of the extension member and is supported to be openable by the apparatus body. The upper device in a closed state regulates a rotation of the extension member from the first position toward the second position.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet discharged from the apparatus body is to be stacked;
- an extension member on which a sheet discharged from the apparatus body is to be stacked, wherein the extension member is rotatable about a rotating fulcrum of the extension member and between a first position and a second position, and wherein an area on which the sheet is stacked in a case that an extension stacking member is at the second position is broader than an area on which the sheet is stacked in a case that the extension stacking member is at the first position;
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- an operation panel configured to receive an instruction of an input operation with respect to the image forming apparatus and is moveable with respect to the apparatus body,
- wherein the operation panel in a first state regulates a rotation of the extension member from the first position toward the second position, and
- wherein the operation panel in a second state allows the extension member to be rotated from the first position to the second position.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet discharged from the apparatus body is to be stacked;
- an extension member on which a sheet discharged from the apparatus body is to be stacked, wherein the extension member is rotatable about a rotating fulcrum of the extension member and between a first position and a second position, and wherein an area on which the sheet is stacked in a case that an extension stacking member is at the second position is broader than an area on which the sheet is stacked in a case that the extension stacking member is at the first position;
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- an image reading apparatus configured to read image information from a document and is moveable with respect to the apparatus body,
- wherein the image reading apparatus in a first state regulates a rotation of the extension member from the first position toward the second position, and
- wherein the image reading apparatus in a second state allows the extension member to be rotated from the first position to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.