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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Saikawa, Ichikawa, JP;
Sanko Yamaguchi, Saga, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4006471 ; 101419 ; 271189 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus in which an imaged sheet is discharged onto a stacking portion, includes a recording device for forming an image on a sheet, a discharge device for discharging a sheet on which the image was formed onto the stacking portion, a support means disposed downstream of the discharge device in a sheet discharging direction along a width-wise direction of the sheet to be discharged to support one surface of the sheet, and a shift device for shifting the support device between a support position to support the sheet to be discharged above the stacking portion and a retard position so as not to support the sheet.