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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuto Kamiyama, Ryugasaki, JP;
Keiko Fujita, Kashiwa, JP;
Daijiro Kato, Abiko, JP;
Kohei Koshida, Toride, JP;
Hiroshi Saito, Toride, JP;
Yuya Ootsuka, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a manual feed portion provided on a side surface of a housing that accommodates an image forming portion and having an abutting portion against which a downstream end in a sheet feeding direction of a sheet inserted into a gap between the manual feed portion and the side surface abuts. The manual feed portion also includes a holding portion configured to hold the sheet such that a sheet surface is held along the side surface of the housing in the condition in which the downstream end of the sheet abuts against the abutting portion.