Patent ID: 11868074
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 14:
15. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said image forming apparatus comprising:
a first casing including a transfer unit constituted to transfer a toner image formed on an image bearing member to the recording material and a first discharging port constituted to discharge the recording material, on which the toner image is formed by said transfer unit, from said first casing;
a second casing including a first receiving port constituted to receive the recording material on which the toner image is formed by said transfer unit and a fixing unit constituted to fix the toner image onto the recording material, a height from an installing surface on which said image forming apparatus is installed to said first receiving port in a vertical direction being different from a height from said installing surface to said first discharging port in the vertical direction; and
a third casing provided between said first casing and said second casing, and including a second receiving port constituted to receive the recording material discharged from said first discharging port, a second discharging port constituted to discharge the recording material from said third casing and to deliver the recording material received from said second receiving port to said first receiving port, and an intermediary feeding member provided obliquely in the vertical direction from said second receiving port to said second discharging port,
wherein said third casing includes a third adjusting unit constituted to adjust an installing position of said intermediary feeding member in a height direction, and
wherein said third adjusting unit includes (1) a second elongate hole provided in one of a frame of said third casing and said intermediary feeding member and of which longitudinal direction is the vertical direction, (2) a second shaft member provided on the other of the frame of said third casing and said intermediary feeding member, and engaging with said second elongate hole, and (3) a second fixing portion constituted to fix a relative position between said second elongate hole and said second shaft member.