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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Kuroki, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () includes an apparatus body () including an image forming part () implementing an image forming process on a recording material (S); and a discharge tray () disposed at an upper part of the apparatus body (), the discharge tray including a stacking surface () receiving the recording material (S) discharged after the image forming process; an outer edge part () located above the stacking surface () and provided while surrounding a periphery of the stacking surface (); and a connecting surface () provided between the stacking surface () and the outer edge part (), wherein the stacking surface () being formed such that a width thereof in a direction orthogonal to a discharge direction downstream in the discharge direction is wider than the width thereof upstream in the discharge direction.