Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Young Jang, Chang Kyung Ko
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Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a housing having a discharge port, a plurality of photosensitive bodies mounted in the housing, a transfer unit to transfer visible images formed on the plurality of photosensitive bodies onto a printing medium, a fusing unit to fuse transferred visible images to the printing medium, and a reverse unit to reverse a moving direction of the printing medium, after the printing medium has passed through the fusing unit. As the moving direction of the printed printing medium is reversed by the reverse unit, the printing medium may be discharged while a printed surface of the printing medium is directed downward, allowing a user to easily draw out the printing medium.
Claims32
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a discharge port to discharge a printing medium to a discharge tray;
- a scanning module;
- a printing unit including a plurality of developing units vertically arranged with respect to each other and a transfer unit arranged between the plurality of developing units and a front portion of the housing;
- and
- a back cover attached to a rear portion of the housing and to form a receiving space between a guiding side of the back cover and a wall disposed adjacent thereto,
- wherein a printing medium picked up from a paper cassette travels in a first path to move a leading edge of the printing medium in a first direction through the printing unit and then a rearward direction towards the rear portion of the housing, enabling the leading edge of the printing medium to move into the receiving space through an opening formed in a rear portion of the housing, and
- after the leading edge of the printing medium moves into the receiving space, a moving direction of the printing medium is reversed through the opening such that the printing medium is discharged out of the discharge port to the discharge tray in a state in which a printed side of the printing medium faces downward,
- wherein a scanned document is discharged by the scanning module in a direction towards one of right or left sides of the housing and the printing medium is discharged out of the discharge port in a direction towards the front portion of the housing.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a front portion, a rear portion formed with an opening, and a discharge port to discharge a printing medium toward the front portion to a discharge tray;
- a printing unit including at least one developing unit to develop an image and a transfer unit to transfer the developed image to the printing medium, and to feed the printing medium toward the opening;
- a back cover attached to a rear portion of the housing to form a receiving space between a guiding side of the back cover and a wall disposed adjacent thereto;
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- a guide to allow the printing medium to travel on a first path between the printing unit and the receiving space and then to direct the printing medium to a second path between the receiving space and the discharge port,
- wherein after a leading edge of the printing medium moves into the receiving space through the opening, the guide directs the printing medium to the second path so that a moving direction of the printing medium is reversed through the opening and the printing medium is discharged out of the discharge port, and
- wherein the receiving space is connected to the opening and extends from the opening to redirect the printing medium in a different direction.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a front portion, a rear portion formed with an opening, and a discharge port to discharge a printing medium toward the front portion to a discharge tray;
- a printing unit to form an image on a first side of the printing medium and to feed the printing medium toward the opening;
- a back cover attached to a rear portion of the housing to form a receiving space between a guiding side of the back cover and a wall disposed adjacent thereto;
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- a reverse unit to reverse a movement direction of the printing medium,
- wherein the printing medium moves on a first feed path from the printing unit to the receiving space such that a leading edge of the paper enters the receiving space through the opening, and after the leading edge of the paper enters the receiving space, the reverse unit reverses a moving direction of the printing medium through the opening such that the printing medium moves on a second feed path toward the discharge port and is discharged to the discharge tray with the first side facing downward, and
- wherein the receiving space is connected to the opening and extends from the opening to redirect the printing medium in a different direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.