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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Koyanagi, Toride, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A second sheet discharge portion is provided above a first sheet discharge portion in an image forming apparatus. First and second sheet processing units process a sheet discharged from the first sheet discharge portion, and the second sheet processing unit is provided between the first sheet discharge portion and the first sheet processing unit. A first support portion is provided on the first sheet processing unit. A second support portion is disposed upstream of the first support portion in a sheet discharge direction of the second sheet discharge portion and on or above the second sheet processing unit and supports the sheet discharged from the second sheet discharge portion in collaboration with the first support portion.