US Patent Application 18309961. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS simplified abstract

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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:SHINGO Iwami of Tokyo (JP)]]

[[Category:HIROTO Koga of Chiba (JP)]]

[[Category:TOSHIFUMI Itabashi of Ibaraki (JP)]]

[[Category:KOZO Inoue of Chiba (JP)]]

[[Category:HIROYUKI Nakagawa of Chiba (JP)]]

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18309961 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes an image forming apparatus with the following features:

  • The apparatus includes an image forming portion, a tray, a feeding portion, and a blowing fan.
  • The tray is rotatably provided on the side surface of the main assembly and has a stacking surface for sheets.
  • The feeding portion is responsible for moving the sheets in a feeding direction.
  • The blowing fan is mounted on the tray and generates air blown to a side end of a sheet in a perpendicular direction to the feeding direction.
  • The blowing fan is positioned on the opposite side of the stacking surface, overlapping with the position of the stacking surface in the sheet widthwise direction.
  • The purpose of this configuration is to improve the efficiency of air blowing and enhance the overall performance of the image forming apparatus.


Original Abstract Submitted

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a tray rotatably provided on a side surface of a main assembly and including a stacking surface, a feeding portion; and a blowing fan mounted on the tray and generating air blown to a side end of a sheet in a sheet widthwise direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the sheet by the feeding portion. The blowing fan is disposed on an opposite side to a side where the sheet is stacked on the stacking surface so that a position of at least a part of the blowing fan with respect to the sheet widthwise direction is overlapped with a position of the stacking surface with respect to the sheet widthwise direction.

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