IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a paper sheet feeding structure in which a reversal passage for reversing a paper sheet does not interfere with a reversal passage to a discharge port on an upper part of an apparatus in a configuration in which the discharge port for discharging the paper sheet in a...

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Hauptverfasser: SHITSUIN YOSHINORI, YANO KEITA, NIWA MASAHITO, KOSUGE TOMOYA, KAWAZOE YUKI
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a paper sheet feeding structure in which a reversal passage for reversing a paper sheet does not interfere with a reversal passage to a discharge port on an upper part of an apparatus in a configuration in which the discharge port for discharging the paper sheet in an upper side direction of the apparatus is provided on the upper part of the apparatus.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 10 comprises an outlet 41 for discharging paper sheets in an apparatus side face direction, another outlet 42 for discharging the paper sheets in an apparatus upper side direction, and a reverse outlet 43 functioning as a holding part for temporarily holding the paper sheets to be reversed. The image forming apparatus 10 further comprises two switching members 31, 32. The switching member 31 switches conveyance of the paper sheets that have been conveyed from a paper sheet outlet 30 to either of the reverse outlet 43 and the outlet 41. The switching member 32 switches the conveyance of the paper sheets that have been conveyed from the paper sheet outlet 30 to either of conveyance destinations that is switched by the another outlet 42 or the switching member 31.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】装置上側方向に用紙を排出する排出口が装置上部に設けられた構成において、用紙を反転するための反転経路と装置上部の排出口への搬送経路とが干渉しない用紙搬送構造を実現する。【解決手段】画像形成装置10には、装置側面方向に用紙を排出する排出口41と、装置上側方向に用紙を排出する排出口42と、反転させるための用紙を一旦保持しておくための保持部として機能する反転排出口43とが設けられている。そして、画像形成装置10には2つの切替部材31、32が設けられている。切替部材31は、用紙排出路30から搬送されてきた用紙を反転排出口43または排出口41のいずれに搬送するかを切り替える。切替部材32は、用紙排出路30から搬送されてきた用紙を排出口42または切替部材31により切り替えられた搬送先のいずれに搬送するかを切り替える。【選択図】図1