Patent ID: 6814350
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming apparatus main body having an upper portion, and a sheet ejecting section with a sheet ejection port, a placing tray formed on the upper portion of the image forming apparatus main body and located under the sheet ejection portion to receive a sheet ejected from the image forming apparatus main body thereon, an image reading device for reading an image disposed above the sheet ejecting section to cover the placing tray, and a sheet post-processing unit disposed outside the sheet ejection port between the image reading device and the placing tray, and including supporting means capable of rotating between a support position for supporting an upstream side of an ejected sheet in a transfer direction and a retreat position for allowing the sheet to drop onto the placing tray, post-processing means disposed at a side adjacent to the supporting means for applying post-processing to the sheet supported on the supporting means, sheet shift means laterally moving the sheet into the post-processing means and moving the sheet after the post-processing outside the post-processing means, and means for transferring the sheet shift means disposed above the supporting means.