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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Ono, Ibaraki, JP;
Takayuki Fukushima, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuki Matsuo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Tachibana, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuya Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyuki Mitamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Matsumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Urita, Ibaraki, JP;
Norikazu Hishinuma, Chiba, JP;
Takatsugu Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Yu Hashimoto, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation unit is provided on a front side of the image forming apparatus. A document feeding portion feeds a document supported by a document supporting portion in a document feeding direction from a front side of the image forming apparatus toward the rear side of the image forming apparatus. A document discharge portion discharges the document in a document discharge direction from the rear side toward the front side. The operation unit is disposed on one side with respect to an apparatus center of the image forming apparatus in a left-right direction orthogonal to a direction from the front side to the rear side. A conveyance center of the document feeding portion in the left-right direction is disposed on the other side with respect to the apparatus center in the left-right direction.