Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12585182Application Date: 2009-09-08
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Publication No.: US08478183B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Ryuuichi Minbu
- Applicant: Ryuuichi Minbu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2008-229628 20080908; JP2009-164434 20090713
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20 ; B65H5/02

Abstract:
A transferring unit transfers a toner image from an image carrier to a recording medium. A fixing unit fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium. A conveying unit conveys the recording medium from the transferring unit to the fixing unit along a conveyance surface. A guiding member receives the recording medium from the conveying unit and guides the recording medium to a fixing nip of the fixing unit along a guiding surface. An angle changing unit changes an angle between the conveyance surface and the guiding surface according to the type of the recording medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100061741A1 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2010-03-11
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