US 5,280,898 A · Image forming apparatus having a front loading paper feeding member with an improved paper jam removing mechanism

Abstract

An image forming apparatus having a front loading paper feeding member is described which has an improved jam removing mechanism. The apparatus includes a sheet holding section having sheet trays arranged in a vertical direction for holding copy sheets. A conveying section is included for conveying a sheet sent from one sheet tray of the sheet holding section to an image forming section. A connecting member is included in the conveying section to allow the sheet trays to be drawn out from the body of the image forming apparatus conjointly with the conveying section. Other connecting members may be included to connect the sheet trays together. Further, a door member including a sheet tray may be included in the apparatus.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

a first sheet holding means arranged within a body of the image forming apparatus such that sheets can be loaded into the image forming apparatus from a front side thereof, wherein said first sheet holding means includes a plurality of sheet trays which are arranged in a vertical direction;
image forming means;
conveying means for conveying a sheet from said first sheet holding means to said image forming means;
and
a door member including a sheet tray which can hold a plurality of sheets, wherein the sheet tray included with the door member moves with the door member,
wherein at least a portion of the sheet holding means is movable with respect to the image forming means and at least a portion of the conveying means, and wherein said conveying means is arranged in a vertical direction between said first sheet holding means and the sheet tray included with the door member, such that said conveying means may be moved away from the first sheet holding means when said door member is opened.

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An image forming apparatus comprising:

sheet holding means including a plurality of sheet trays arranged in a vertical direction in an image forming apparatus body;
image forming means;
conveying means for conveying a sheet sent from one sheet tray of said sheet holding means to said image forming means;
first connecting means for connecting the conveying means only to one sheet tray arranged at one end of the sheet holding means in order to draw out said one sheet tray from the image forming apparatus body conjointly with the conveying means when the conveying means is drawn out from the image forming apparatus body;
and
second connecting means for connecting said one sheet tray to another sheet tray of the sheet holding means in order to draw out said another sheet tray from the image forming apparatus body conjointly with said one sheet tray when said one sheet tray is drawn out from the image forming apparatus body;
wherein at least a portion of the sheet holding means is movable with respect to the image forming means and at least a portion of the conveying means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Image forming apparatus having a front loading paper feeding member with an improved paper jam removing mechanism

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Image forming apparatus having a front loading paper feeding member with an improved paper jam removing mechanism

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