Title:
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET CONVEYANCE MECHANISM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011178566
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To reduce a size (width) of MFP while securing conveyance structure with large curvature radius of end of a reverse path to output image on both of a sheet medium having a large base weight because of ADU (automatic double-sided unit).
A sheet conveyance mechanism is equipped with: a first conveyance guide that guides a sheet medium; a second conveyance guide where the first conveyance guide guides the sheet medium toward the first conveyance guide with an angle larger than a predetermined one to a direction where the sheet medium is guided; and a third conveyance guide that is guided by the second conveyance guide and that guides the point of the sheet medium to be moved to the first conveyance guide toward the first conveyance guide.
Inventors:
MASUDA SADAHIRO
Application Number:
JP2011046878A
Publication Date:
September 15, 2011
Filing Date:
March 03, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOSHIBA CORP
TOSHIBA TEC KK
TOSHIBA TEC KK
International Classes:
B65H5/36; B65H15/00; B65H85/00; G03G15/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kurata Masatoshi
Takakura Shigeo
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Takashi Mine
Toshio Shirane
Sadao Muramatsu
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Kocho Chojiro
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Morisezo Iseki
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi
Takenori Masanori
Takakura Shigeo
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Takashi Mine
Toshio Shirane
Sadao Muramatsu
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Kocho Chojiro
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Morisezo Iseki
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi
Takenori Masanori