Title:
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016071041
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that can form images on recording materials having different lengths in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction, the image forming apparatus capable of suppressing a toner from being adhered to a recording material to leave stains on the recording material via a conveyance guide having a surface part contact part that is brought into contact with any one of the front and rear face of the recording material.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes, in a conveyance path 30 for a recording sheet P that passes through a transfer nip part N of a printer 100, a plurality of conveyance guides, such as a transfer entrance guide 40 that guides a recording material to be conveyed, a transfer exit guide 50, and a fixing entrance guide 60. At least the transfer entrance guide 40, of the plurality of conveyance guides, has a surface part contact part 41 that is brought into contact with a lower face (rear face) of the recording sheet P to be guided, and the length in the width direction of the surface part contact part 41 can be changed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
Inventors:
SEKINE TAKUYA
MIZUSAWA HIROSHI
YAMAMOTO KOSUKE
MIZUSAWA HIROSHI
YAMAMOTO KOSUKE
Application Number:
JP2014198489A
Publication Date:
May 09, 2016
Filing Date:
September 29, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD
International Classes:
G03G15/16; B65H5/36; G03G21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Toshi Kuroda
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