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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Kazushi Betto, Wakayama, JP;
Seiji Minamiyama, Wakayama, JP;
Inventors:
Kazushi Betto, Wakayama, JP;
Seiji Minamiyama, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 85/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus allowing a printing section inside of a casing to print paper and discharging the printed paper from the casing through a discharge port of the casing includes a discharge tray configured such that the position thereof is switchable from a placement position for covering the surface of a feeding belt and receiving the paper discharged from the casing to an exposure position for exposing the surface of the feeding belt, and vice versa, wherein a surface of the discharge tray has a coefficient of friction lower than the surface of the feeding belt.