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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Shiraki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takamasa Shiraki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihide Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image reading part configured to read image information on an original document, an image forming part configured to form an image on a sheet according to the image information, a sheet discharge part configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed from a front side to a backside of a main body, a sheet stack part onto which the sheet is discharged, and first and second supporters located outside the sheet stack part along a sheet discharge direction. The sheet stack part is located between the image reading part and the image forming part. The first and second supporters form a space between the sheet stack part and the image reading part. The second supporter is smaller than the first supporter in the sheet discharge direction.