Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having conveyance roller section with nip angle adjusting section
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Application No.: US14801379Application Date: 2015-07-16
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Publication No.: US09835997B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Kenji Tsuru
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-152246 20140725
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H5/26 ; B65H29/58 ; G03G15/23 ; B65H29/12 ; B65H85/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a toner image forming section; a transfer section; a fixing section; a conveyance roller section disposed on a downstream side of the fixing section in a sheet conveyance direction; a conveyance guide section disposed on a downstream side of the conveyance roller section and including a first guide member disposed on a fixing side of a sheet and a second guide member disposed on a rear surface side of the sheet; a feeding-path-switching section disposed on a downstream side of the conveyance guide section and configured to switch sheet feeding paths; and a nip angle adjusting section configured to change a nip angle of a conveyance nip in accordance with whether a sheet on which an image is formed on a first surface thereof is conveyed, or a sheet on which an image is formed on a second surface thereof is conveyed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160026134A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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