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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
May. 12, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masakatsu Itoigawa, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an upper unit which can be separated from a lower unit. The lower unit contains a paper cassette and a sheet discharged from the cassette is turned over by a paper turning member having a curved surface and is introduced into a transporting path along the boundary of the upper unit and the lower unit. The paper turning member is separable into an upper piece attached to the upper unit and a lower piece attached to the lower unit such that the operator has only to open the upper unit, when there is a jamming of paper, and can remove the jammed paper either from the paper transporting route or at the position of the paper turning member.