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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9567181 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013

Image forming apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroharu Tsuji, Numazu, JP;

Masayoshi Fukatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;

Yohei Suzuki, Mishima, JP;

Daisuke Kaneko, Suntou-gun, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Jeremy R Severson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/24 (2006.01); B65H 31/22 (2006.01); B65H 31/30 (2006.01); B65H 39/11 (2006.01); B65H 85/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/00 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/24 (2013.01); B41J 13/009 (2013.01); B41J 13/0045 (2013.01); B41J 13/106 (2013.01); B65H 31/00 (2013.01); B65H 31/22 (2013.01); B65H 31/3081 (2013.01); B65H 39/11 (2013.01); B65H 43/00 (2013.01); B65H 85/00 (2013.01); G03G 15/6538 (2013.01); B65H 2301/3121 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4213 (2013.01); B65H 2402/10 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01); B65H 2405/324 (2013.01); B65H 2405/332 (2013.01); B65H 2405/354 (2013.01); B65H 2408/111 (2013.01); B65H 2408/1143 (2013.01); B65H 2511/412 (2013.01); B65H 2601/11 (2013.01); B65H 2601/321 (2013.01); B65H 2601/324 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus having an apparatus main body includes an image forming unit provided within the apparatus main body, a stacker portion provided on an upper surface of the apparatus main body, and a sheet storage portion provided between the image forming unit and the stacker portion. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. The stacker portion may receive, as stacked sheets, sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit. The sheet storage portion may store, within the apparatus main body, a sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming unit.

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