Patent ID: 7920818
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a main body; a printer unit provided at the bottom of the main body to print an image on a sheet of printable media; a discharging unit provided above the printer unit to load the sheet of printable media discharged from the printer unit; a scanner unit provided above the printer unit to rotate about a hinge unit coupled to the main body so as to open and close the top of the discharging unit; a scanner rotating unit provided below the scanner unit to rotate the scanner unit, open the top of the discharging unit, and expand the space of the discharging unit, if a collective height of the sheets of printable media accumulated in the discharging unit reaches or exceeds a predetermined value; and a control unit arranged to detect whether the collective height of the sheets of printable media accumulated in the discharging unit reaches or exceeds the predetermined value, and operate the scanner rotating unit in accordance with the detection result, wherein the control unit automatically operates the scanner rotating unit in accordance with the detection result without an input from a user.