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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuaki Mori, Kuwana, JP;
Tomoya Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Ryosuke Sakai, Nagoya, JP;
Atsushi Hayakawa, Okazaki, JP;
Takuya Yamaguchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, including a main body with a first sheet outlet tray and an image forming unit, a feed path configured to guide a sheet from the image forming unit toward the first sheet outlet tray, is provided. The feed path includes a first exit path to guide a sheet toward the first sheet outlet tray and a first duplex path diverging from the feed path to guide a sheet to return to the image forming unit. The main body is attachable with a sheet-exit unit. The sheet-exit unit includes a second sheet outlet tray, a second exit path, and a second duplex path. The second exit path guides a sheet to the second sheet outlet tray. The second exit path is connected with the first exit path when the sheet-exit unit is attached to the main body.