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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Terakado, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekazu Amamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Akaike, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Sono, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Shindo, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a transport member that transports a medium; a storage that is disposed below the transport member in a gravitational direction, and that stores the medium which is delivered by the transport member and falls into the storage; a supporter that is provided in the storage, and that has an upper end disposed below the transport member in a gravitational direction, and that allows the medium to be stored with a front end of the medium in a discharge direction matching a lower end of the medium in a gravitational direction; and a guidance member that is disposed in the supporter with the medium interposed between the guidance member and the supporter, and that guides the medium which falls to the supporter.