Image forming apparatus with movable feed guide
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsTetsuya SATO, Kazutoshi TAKAHASHI
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a feed guide forming a feed path of a sheet and having an end portion movable between a closed position and an open position by rotating around a shaft, wherein the end portion is positioned above the shaft when the feed guide is in the open position, and the feed guide is configured to provide access for removal of a jammed sheet when in the open position. The image forming apparatus further comprises a holding unit configured to releasably hold the end portion of the feed guide in the open position.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a feed guide forming a feed path of a sheet and having an end portion movable between a closed position and an open position by rotating around a shaft, wherein
- the end portion is positioned above the shaft when the feed guide is in the open position, and
- the feed guide is configured to provide access for removal of a jammed sheet when in the open position;
- and
- a holding unit configured to releasably hold the end portion of the feed guide in the open position.
A method of removing a jammed sheet from an image forming apparatus having a feed guide forming a feed path of a sheet and having an end portion movable between a closed position and an open position by rotating around a shaft, and a holding unit configured to releasably hold the end portion of the feed guide in the open position, the method comprising:
- rotating the end portion to the open position so that the end portion is positioned above the shaft;
- holding the end portion in the open position with the holding unit;
- and
- removing the jammed sheet when the end portion is held in the open position.
An feed guide that forms a feed path of a sheet in an image forming apparatus, the feed guide comprising:
- an end portion movable between a closed position and an open position by rotating around a shaft, wherein
- the end portion is positioned above the shaft when the feed guide is in the open position, and
- the feed guide is configured to provide access for removal of a jammed sheet when in the open position;
- and
- a holding member configured to releasably hold the end portion of the feed guide in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.