Patents Examined by Saied Ebrahimi Dehkord
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9046855
    Abstract: A feeder is configured to feed a recording medium. An image forming unit has a maximum sheet feed width corresponding to a longer side length of a maximum size recording medium to be accommodated in the feeder, and is disposed above the feeder in such a manner as to allow the maximum size recording medium to enter the image forming unit with a longer side first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kurahashi, Osamu Okada, Teruo Nagashima, Kenji Tsuru