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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:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Toshihiro Kawamura, Uji, JP;
Katsushi Shoji, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihiro Kawamura, Uji, JP;
Katsushi Shoji, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans a document, a recording unit including a transfer unit that forms an image on a recording sheet, and a fuser unit that affixes a toner image on the recording sheet transferred by the transfer unit. A sheet discharging unit discharges the recording sheet and a recording sheet discharging tray stacks recording sheets discharged from the sheet discharging unit in a space formed above the scanning unit. The sheet discharging unit includes a guide member curving the recording sheet in a convex shape in a width direction.