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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Junya Azami, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/26 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/26 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6558 (2013.01); G03G 21/00 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5115 (2013.01); B65H 2404/60 (2013.01); B65H 2407/21 (2013.01); G03G 15/6514 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00607 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet feeding portion, a second sheet feeding portion, an image forming portion, a paper dust collecting portion, a merging portion, a rotatable member, a first guiding member, and a second guiding member. The paper dust collecting portion is provided downstream of the first sheet feeding portion and the second sheet feeding portion and upstream of the merging portion with respect to a conveying direction of a recording material.