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US 7,515,866 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsToshifumi Togashi, Manabu Nonaka
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes an image forming part configured to form an image on a recording medium, a feed part for feeding the recording medium, a manual feed part for manually feeding the recording medium, and a shutter member configured to open and close a manual feed opening from the manual feed part. The shutter member is provided so as to be swingable.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming part configured to form an image on a recording medium;
- a feed part for feeding the recording medium;
- a manual feed part for manually feeding the recording medium;
- a shutter member configured to open and close a manual feed opening from the manual feed part;
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- a swingable opening and closing guide member for providing slackness to the recording medium in a conveyance path of the recording medium from the feed part to the image forming part,
- wherein the shutter member is provided so as to be swingable,
- the manual feed opening is disposed on a downstream side of the swingable opening and closing guide member,
- swinging of the swingable opening and closing guide member is interlocked with opening and closing of the shutter member, and
- the shutter member is provided so as to be switchable between a first position where the shutter member is prevented from being interlocked with the swingable opening and closing guide member and a second position where the shutter member is interlocked with the swingable opening and closing guide member.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a single-sheet manual feed part for manually feeding a recording medium one sheet at a time;
- a part configured to prevent, when the recording medium is remaining inside a main body of the image forming apparatus, the feeding from the single-sheet manual feed part from being started until output of the recording medium remaining inside the main body is completed;
- a straight output tray to which the recording medium fed from the single-sheet manual feed part is conveyed straight and output;
- a part configured to prevent the feeding from the single-sheet manual feed part from being started when the recording medium output onto the straight output tray is remaining thereon;
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- a branch detection part configured to detect the recording medium, the branch detection part being provided at a branch part switching output to the straight output tray and output to an output tray onto which the recording medium with an image formed thereon is reversed and output,
- wherein the branch detection part also serves as a part to detect remaining of the recording medium output onto the straight out tray.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a single-sheet manual feed part for manually feeding a recording medium one sheet at a time;
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- a straight output tray onto which the recording medium fed from the single-sheet manual feed part is output straight, the straight output tray being provided so as to be openable and closable,
- wherein when the recording medium is fed from the single-sheet manual feed part and an image is formed on the recording medium fed from the single-sheet manual feed part, the recording medium is output onto the straight output tray when the straight output tray is in a position where the recording medium fed from the single-sheet manual feed part is outputtable onto the straight output tray, and the recording medium is output onto the single-sheet manual feed part when the straight output tray is in a position where the recording medium fed from the single-sheet manual feed part is prevented from being output onto the straight output tray.
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