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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Hidenori Hisada, Tokoname, JP;
Inventor:
Hidenori Hisada, Tokoname, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of process units each including a photoconductor drum are arranged in tandem; a plurality of exposure units configured to expose the photoconductor drum to light are each disposed above and opposite to the corresponding photoconductor drum; an output tray configured to receive an ejected recording sheet on which an image has been formed is disposed above the plurality of exposure units; and an image reader unit configured to read an image of a source document is disposed above the output tray with a predetermined space provided between the image reader unit and the output tray.