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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Sakae Ito, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Shusaku Tsusaka, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuo Tamaru, Nagoya, JP;
Tomitake Aratachi, Nagoya, JP;
Terumasa Ito, Ama-gun, JP;
Sakae Ito, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Shusaku Tsusaka, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuo Tamaru, Nagoya, JP;
Tomitake Aratachi, Nagoya, JP;
Terumasa Ito, Ama-gun, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main casing; a photosensitive member; a process cartridge that can be installed or removed with respect to the main casing along a removal path; a pick-up roller located above a sheet accommodating portion; and a feed path along which a sheet can be conveyed from the sheet accommodating portion to a discharge port. At least a part of the feed path is substantially parallel to the removal path and located between the sheet accommodating portion and the process cartridge when the process cartridge is installed in the main casing; and an image forming position where an image is transferred from the photosensitive member to the sheet is located along the feed path at a position lower than an upper surface of the pick-up roller in a verticle direction.