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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2009
Tetsuji Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Ogihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Torimaru, Kagoshima, JP;
Junichi Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Ogihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Torimaru, Kagoshima, JP;
Junichi Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming apparatus main body, an image forming unit that is provided in the image forming apparatus main body and forms an image on a recording medium, and a transport unit transporting the recording medium, wherein the image forming apparatus main body has a forward port for forwarding the recording medium having the image thereon by the image forming unit to outside of the image forming apparatus main body, and further has a guide unit by which the recording medium forwarded to the outside of the image forming apparatus main body is guided to be retrieved into the image forming apparatus main body, and to be led to the transport unit.