Sheet feeding or delivering – Delivering – To receiver for pack of sheets
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-26
2011-04-26
Joerger, Kaitlin S (Department: 3653)
Sheet feeding or delivering
Delivering
To receiver for pack of sheets
C271S207000, C271S213000, C399S405000, C347S104000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07931273
ABSTRACT:
A discharge tray which needs to turn as a cover of an apparatus body opens and closes can be folded. When the cover is opened, the discharge tray is folded, and a wide installation area and a wide occupying area are not required. An image forming apparatus includes the apparatus body which forms an image on a recording paper sheet, an upper cover130which opens and closes the apparatus body, and a discharge tray200on which a sheet discharged from the apparatus body is stacked. The discharge tray is divided into a sheet stacking portion133and trays210, 220and230in a discharge direction of the recording paper sheet, and the discharge tray is provided over the apparatus body and the cover. The trays are turnably connected such that they can be folded as the upper cover opens and they can be extended as the upper cover closes.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Gokhale Prasad V
Joerger Kaitlin S
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