Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15887003Application Date: 2018-02-02
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Publication No.: US10207884B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Kazuya Kamikawa , Shoichiro Nishimura
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Agency: Burr & Brown, PLLC
- Priority: JP2017-073305 20170331
- Main IPC: B65H9/16
- IPC: B65H9/16 ; B65H5/36 ; B65H1/04 ; B65H29/20 ; B65H5/06

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including a reference guide, an oblique conveyer roller, and a curve guide, is provided. The reference guide is arranged on one side in a widthwise direction with respect to a widthwise center in a sheet conveyer path and regulates a widthwise position of the sheet. The oblique conveyer roller applies a conveying force acting in a direction toward downstream along a conveying direction and toward the reference guide to the sheet. The curve guide is arranged upstream with respect to the oblique conveyer roller along the conveying direction and forms a curve. The curve guide includes an inner guide and an outer guide. The outer guide has a constant curvature throughout a width regardless of a widthwise position therein. The inner guide has a protrusive portion protruding toward the outer guide at a position on the other side in the widthwise direction with respect to the widthwise center.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180282092A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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