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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2005.12); G03G 15/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2012.12); G03G 15/5058 (2012.12); G03G 15/5062 (2012.12); G03G 2215/0129 (2012.12); G03G 2215/0164 (2012.12);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet transport path that transports a sheet on which an image has been recorded, the sheet transport path including a first guide surface and a second guide surface opposed to the first guide surface, an image reading unit disposed on the same side as the first guide surface of the sheet transport path to read the image, and a rotary element disposed on the same side as the second guide surface, the rotary element being rotatably disposed with a gap between the rotary element and the first guide surface.