Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshihiro Kawamura, Katsushi Shoji
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans a document, a recording unit including a transfer unit that forms an image on a recording sheet, and a fuser unit that affixes a toner image on the recording sheet transferred by the transfer unit. A sheet discharging unit discharges the recording sheet and a recording sheet discharging tray stacks recording sheets discharged from the sheet discharging unit in a space formed above the scanning unit. The sheet discharging unit includes a guide member curving the recording sheet in a convex shape in a width direction.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a scanning unit that scans a document;
- a recording unit including a transfer unit that forms an image on a recording sheet;
- a fuser unit that affixes a toner image on the recording sheet transferred by the transfer unit;
- a sheet discharging unit that discharges the recording sheet;
- and
- a recording sheet discharging tray that stacks recording sheets discharged from the sheet discharging unit in a space formed above the recording unit, wherein the sheet discharging unit includes a guide member curving the recording sheet in a convex shape in a width direction,
- wherein the guide member includes an attachment member and a stand installation member parallel to the discharging direction for making the recording sheet convex in the width direction by contacting the recording sheet discharged upward at an angle from the sheet discharging unit.
A method for forming an image on a recording sheet comprising:
- scanning a document;
- forming an image on a recording sheet from the scanned document;
- discharging the recording sheet;
- curving the recording sheet in a convex shape in a width direction;
- stacking the recording sheet;
- and
- controlling an interval of guide nieces so as to curve the recording sheet in a small curvature radius as the recording sheet goes from an upstream direction to a downstream direction.
A method for forming an image on a recording sheet comprising:
- scanning a document;
- forming an image on a recording sheet from the scanned document;
- discharging the recording sheet;
- curving the recording sheet in a convex shave in a width direction;
- stacking the recording sheet;
- and
- shortening a distance between a pair of guide pieces as the recording sheet goes from an upstream direction to a downstream direction.
A method for forming an image on a recording sheet comprising:
- scanning a document;
- forming an image on a recording sheet from the scanned document;
- discharging the recording sheet
- curving the recording sheet in a convex shape in a width direction;
- and
- stacking the recording sheet,
- wherein, a distance between a pair of guide pieces is lengthened as the recording sheet goes from the upstream direction to the downstream direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.