Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17365894Application Date: 2021-07-01
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Publication No.: US11693348B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Kawasaki , Yohei Suzuki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP 20119404 2020.07.10
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet, a conveyance guide unit, and a conveyance unit. The conveyance guide unit conveys the sheet on which the image is to be formed by the image forming unit. The conveyance unit conveys the sheet toward a first conveyance guide unit. The conveyance guide unit includes an urging member, a rotary member to be urged by the urging member and to rotate while abutting the sheet, a holding unit holding the urging member and the rotary member, and the first conveyance guide unit that is detachably attached to the holding unit to guide the sheet. The first conveyance guide unit includes a pressed portion, and the pressed portion is to be pressed by the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit and has strength less than strength of the holding unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220011707A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-01-13
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