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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2004
Shinya Noda, Shizuoka, JP;
Takaaki Kawade, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Murooka, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Niimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Hamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuzumi Taba, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideki Miyazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinya Noda, Shizuoka, JP;
Takaaki Kawade, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Murooka, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Niimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Hamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuzumi Taba, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideki Miyazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supply portion is disposed in the lowermost portion of a printer so as to be substantially horizontal. A main conveying path for guiding a sheet from a transferring roller to a fixing device is disposed in a substantially vertical direction so as to be along the back of the printer. The guide surface of a sheet delivery guide constituting a conveying path leading from the fixing device to a pair of sheet delivery rollers is a flat surface.