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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Adachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryusuke Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Koda, Kanagawa, JP;
Miho Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomi Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a document; a first ejection section that ejects the document on which the image has been formed; an exterior portion which is movable and a part of which constitutes an exterior of the apparatus; an entrance portion that is exposed by movement of the exterior portion and that constitutes an entrance for the document to be transported to an image reading section that reads the image formed on the document; the image reading section that reads the image formed on the document transported after the entrance portion is exposed; and a second ejection section that ejects the document which has been read by the image reading section. An ejecting direction of the first ejection section, an ejecting direction of the second ejection section, and a moving direction of the exterior portion coincide with each other.