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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Masami Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kikunosuke Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Masami Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Kikunosuke Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/308 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a recording device for printing a recording medium, a conveyance unit arranged below the recording device to face the recording device and adapted to convey the recording medium, and an elevator for moving the conveyance unit upward and downward. The elevator includes an eccentric cam having an eccentrically located rotation axis line. The conveyance unit has a contact surface to be held in contact with the circumferential surface of the eccentric cam and is moved upward and downward by the rotation of the eccentric cam.