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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masakatsu Ohashi, Aichi, JP;
Naoki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet; conveyance guides disposed on an image forming surface side and a rear surface side of the sheet at a position on a downstream side of the image forming section in a sheet conveyance direction, and configured to form a sheet feeding path for conveying the sheet; a conveyance rolling part disposed to protrude from the conveyance guide into the sheet feeding path at a curving part of the sheet feeding path; and a rolling member moving section configured to move the conveyance rolling part along the sheet feeding path until a state where an image forming surface of a sheet being conveyed does not make contact with the conveyance guide is ensured.
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