Patent ID: 9618894
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a case having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front side, and a rear side, the top surface of the case being formed in a plane substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the case; a printing medium supplying unit disposed at a lower portion of the case to hold and supply printing media, the printing medium supplying unit comprising a pickup roller disposed adjacent to the rear side of the case; an image forming unit disposed above the printing medium supplying unit within the case to form images on one of the printing media held by the printing medium supplying unit; a printing medium feeding part within the case having a feeding roller to feed a printing medium from the printing medium supplying unit to the image forming unit and a printing medium feeding path that connects the feeding roller with the image forming unit and which is inclined in a downward direction to feed the printing medium down to the image forming unit; a fixing unit within the case to fix images formed by the image forming unit onto the printing medium; an exposure unit disposed above the image forming unit to form an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive medium of the image forming unit; a discharging unit to discharge the printing medium with the fixed images outside of the case through the front side of the case; and a printing medium supporting part formed as a single body with the front side of the case and which extends from the front side of the case, the front side of the case being substantially perpendicular to the top surface and the bottom surface of the case, toward the discharging unit, above a portion of the print medium supplying unit such that the printing medium supporting part overlaps the portion of the print medium supplying unit in a vertical direction, and the printing medium supporting part is inclined downward along a printing medium discharging direction so as to support the printing medium on an incline.