| US 7,395,023 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Yoshitaka Kitaoka, Osaka (Japan); Noriyuki Tajima, Hirakata (Japan); Atsushi Sogami, Sanda (Japan); Hiroshi Terada, Ikoma (Japan); and Yuzo Kawano, Ogori (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/100,418. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-124750 (JP), filed on Apr. 20, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0238397 A1, Oct. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—361 [399/363; 399/377; 399/405] | 3 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an automatic document feeder that is equipped with a source document feeding section that automatically feeds a source document
and a source document feed tray on which a source document to be fed is set, that is positioned on a top part of the image
forming apparatus main body, and that performs automatic feeding by means of the source document feeding section of a source
document placed on the source document feed tray;
an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet;
a top ejection section that ejects above the source document feed tray a printed sheet on which an image has been formed by
the image forming section;
a printed sheet holding section that holds a source document feeding direction downstream edge of the printed sheet ejected
above the source document feed tray in an area apart from the source document feeding section, wherein:
the top ejection section ejects the printed sheet above the source document feed tray from a source document feeding direction
downstream side; and
the printed sheet holding section is composed of a swinging member whose free end swings freely under its own weight and comes
into contact with a top of a source document placed in the source document feed tray.
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