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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Hiroshi Saegusa, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Yusuke Asao, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main body having a sheet ejecting section, a placing tray formed on an upper portion of the main body to receive a sheet ejected from the main body, an image reading device for reading an image disposed above the sheet ejecting section, and a sheet post-processing unit disposed between the image reading device and the placing tray. The post-processing unit includes a supporting device capable of moving between a support position for supporting an upstream side of an ejected sheet in a transfer direction and a retreat position for allowing the sheet to drop onto the placing tray, a post-processing device disposed at a side adjacent to the supporting means for applying post-processing to the sheet supported on the supporting means, and a sheet shift device laterally moving the sheet into and from the post-processing device.