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Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoya Kamigaito, Kanagawa, JP;

Shohei Miyagawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Mitsuaki Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/60 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 29/60 (2013.01); B65H 1/00 (2013.01); B65H 5/00 (2013.01); B65H 29/00 (2013.01); B65H 2553/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an image forming unit that forms a toner image on a recording medium; a first transport part that transports the recording medium to the image forming unit along a feed path extending from one side toward the other side in the horizontal direction, the feed path being a path along which the recording medium transported by the first transport part passes, and that includes a portion extending toward the one side beyond the image forming unit; and a second transport part that transports the recording medium from the image forming unit to the outside of the apparatus body along a discharge path extending from the other side toward one side in the horizontal direction and that includes a portion extending toward the one side beyond the image forming unit, the discharge path and the feed path at least partially overlapping each other in the vertical direction.


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