US 11,943,404 B2
Image forming apparatus having movable exterior portion on which document is placed on
Isamu Adachi, Kanagawa (JP); Tomonori Sato, Kanagawa (JP); Ryusuke Nakata, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuyuki Koda, Kanagawa (JP); Miho Morita, Kanagawa (JP); and Tomomi Ishida, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,468.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-135488 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054658 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/195 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00557 (2013.01) [G03G 15/605 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); H04N 1/00559 (2013.01); H04N 1/00602 (2013.01); H04N 1/00631 (2013.01); H04N 1/19594 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming section that forms an image on a document;
a first ejection section that ejects the document on which the image has been formed by the image forming section, wherein the first ejection section comprises an inclined surface;
an exterior portion which is movable and at least a part of which constitutes an exterior of the apparatus, wherein the exterior portion comprises a top surface;
an entrance portion that is exposed by movement of the exterior portion and that constitutes an entrance for the document to be transported to an image reading section that reads the image formed on the document;
the image reading section that reads the image formed on the document transported after the entrance portion is exposed, wherein the image reading section comprises a camera; and
a second ejection section that ejects the document which has been read by the image reading section,
wherein an ejecting direction of the first ejection section, an ejecting direction of the second ejection section, and a moving direction of the exterior portion coincide with each other,
wherein the entrance portion and the exterior portion are disposed adjacent to each other so as to form one plane after the exterior portion is moved,
wherein the entrance portion comprises a placement portion in a plate shape and on which a placement surface for placement of the document is formed,
wherein the placement surface and the exterior portion are configured to support the document.