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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Takatoshi Nishimura, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/08 (2006.01); B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01); B65H 9/16 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 9/166 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 7/08 (2013.01); B65H 9/002 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01); B65H 2404/14212 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6111 (2013.01); B65H 2511/216 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1311 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a feeder, and a relay device. The main body forms an image on a sheet. The feeder feeds the sheet toward the main body. The relay device connects the main body to the feeder. The main body is placed on a placement surface. The feeder is arranged opposite to the main body with the relay device therebetween in a direction along the placement surface. The relay device includes a conveyance unit and a casing which houses the conveyance unit. The conveyance unit conveys the sheet fed from the feeder to the main body and rotates relative to the casing with an axis as a pivot thereof. The axis extends in a cross direction intersecting with the placement surface.


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