Patent ID: 9141075
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a body; a feeding unit to stack print media, the feeding unit disposed inside the body; a conveying roller to convey the print media from the feeding unit; a transferring section to transfer an image onto the print media conveyed by the conveying roller, the transferring section disposed over the feeding unit; a fixing section to fix the image transferred by the transferring section; and a discharging unit to discharge the print media conveyed through the fixing section in a rear-to-front direction of the body that is the same as the rear-to-front direction the print media is conveyed from the transferring section to the fixing section, wherein a route from the conveying roller to the transferring section and/or a route from the transferring section to the fixing section enables the print media to be bent in a substantially reverse direction with respect to a print media route, which a print media travel direction is reversed in the conveying roller, wherein the fixing section is disposed above the transferring section, wherein the print media travel direction is angled downwards exiting the conveying roller and angled upwards entering the transferring section, and wherein the discharging unit comprises a print media support member to stack the print media conveyed through the fixing section and a groove in which a print media support member is adapted to slide.