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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet-transport-path portion that allows a sheet to be transported toward an image forming unit included in an image forming apparatus body; a second sheet-transport-path portion that allows a sheet fed from sheet trays, holding sheets and vertically stacked in multiple rows one above another, to be transported toward the image forming apparatus body; and an opening-closing member supported so as to be movable around a rotation axis between an open position, in which the opening-closing member collectively opens the first sheet-transport-path portion and the second sheet-transport-path portion to an outside, and a closed position, in which the opening-closing member collectively closes the first sheet-transport-path portion and the second sheet-transport-path portion.