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US 12,710,718 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus including sheet discharge unit
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaaki Takeuchi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body accommodating an image forming unit, an image reading unit disposed above the apparatus body and including an opening/closing member, and a sheet discharge unit disposed above the apparatus body and including a discharge tray configured to support a discharged sheet. The discharge tray is disposed above the opening/closing member, movable to a first position and to a second position above the first position, and configured to move from the first position to the second position when the opening/closing member is moved from the closed position to the open position.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body accommodating an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
- an image reading unit disposed above the apparatus body and configured to read an image information, the image reading unit including an opening/closing member movable to a closed position and to an open position above the closed position;
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- a sheet discharge unit disposed above the apparatus body and configured to discharge a sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming unit, the sheet discharge unit including a discharge tray configured to support a discharged sheet, the discharge tray being disposed above the opening/closing member, movable to a first position and to a second position above the first position, and configured to move from the first position to the second position when the opening/closing member is moved from the closed position to the open position,
- wherein the sheet discharge unit includes a plurality of discharge trays including the discharge tray,
- wherein the discharge tray is a lowermost discharge tray among the plurality of discharge trays, and
- wherein among the plurality of discharge trays, a discharge tray other than the lowermost discharge tray is configured not to move when the opening/closing member is moved from the closed position to the open position.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body accommodating an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
- an image reading unit disposed above the apparatus body and configured to read an image information, the image reading unit including an opening/closing member movable to a closed position and to an open position above the closed position;
- a sheet discharge unit disposed above the apparatus body and configured to discharge a sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming unit, the sheet discharge unit including a discharge tray configured to support a discharged sheet, the discharge tray being disposed above the opening/closing member, movable to a first position and to a second position above the first position, and configured to move from the first position to the second position when the opening/closing member is moved from the closed position to the open position;
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- an interlocking mechanism configured to connect the opening/closing member and the discharge tray to operate in an interlocked manner with each other, the interlocking mechanism being configured to transmit force from the opening/closing member to the discharge tray so that the discharge tray moves from the first position to the second position when the opening/closing member is moved from the closed position to the open position.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body accommodating an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
- an image reading unit disposed above the apparatus body and configured to read an image information, the image reading unit including an opening/closing member movable to a closed position and to an open position above the closed position;
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- a sheet discharge unit disposed above the apparatus body and configured to discharge a sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming unit, the sheet discharge unit including a discharge tray configured to support a discharged sheet, the discharge tray being disposed above the opening/closing member, movable to a first position and to a second position above the first position, and configured to move from the first position to the second position when the opening/closing member is moved from the closed position to the open position,
- wherein the sheet discharge unit includes a casing that supports the discharge tray, and
- wherein the discharge tray is configured to move linearly in a direction along a gravity direction with respect to the casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.