Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18057058Application Date: 2022-11-18
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Publication No.: US11782365B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Ai Suzuki , Osamu Sasaoka , Kensuke Umeda , Shinsuke Kobayashi
- 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 20202978 2020.12.07
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, first and second rotating members, and a discharge unit to discharge a recording material to an outside. The fixing unit fixes an image from the image forming unit onto the recording material. The first rotating member comes into contact with and guides the image bearing recording material, and is driven to rotate by conveyance of the recording material. The second rotating member comes into contact with the image bearing recording material more on a downstream side than the first rotating member in a conveyance direction of the recording material, guides the recording material, and is driven to rotate by conveyance of the recording material. The first rotating member does not perform swinging motion by coming into contact with the recording material, and the second rotating member performs swinging motion by coming into contact with the recording material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230079216A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-03-16
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