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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Keiji Itoh, Saitama, JP;
Masanori Nagashima, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Saitoh, Saitama, JP;
Hiroaki Mogi, Saitama, JP;
Toshiyuki Kitamura, Saitama, JP;
Toshikatsu Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Tsuge, Saitama, JP;
Keiji Itoh, Saitama, JP;
Masanori Nagashima, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Saitoh, Saitama, JP;
Hiroaki Mogi, Saitama, JP;
Toshiyuki Kitamura, Saitama, JP;
Toshikatsu Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Tsuge, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes at least one paper supply portion including a roll paper accommodating portion adapted to accommodate a paper roll constituted by winding long paper around a shaft, a roll paper holding portion on which the paper roll is temporarily put, a paper feeding portion adapted to deliver paper from the paper roll accommodated on the roll paper accommodating portion, a horizontal rotating-shaft adapted to support the paper supply portion in a body of the image forming apparatus, the paper supply portion drawn outwardly from the body of the image forming apparatus by being rotated when change of the paper roll is performed, wherein the change of the paper roll can be performed by rotating the paper supply portion to thereby draw out the paper supply portion.