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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
Applicants:
Tomoya Ohmura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Nobuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoya Ohmura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Nobuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/657 (2013.01); G03G 15/167 (2013.01); G03G 15/1675 (2013.01); G03G 15/6558 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 15/6567 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00409 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00654 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00658 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyance device includes a guide, a positioner, and a pusher. The guide extends in a longitudinal direction of an image bearer and is disposed upstream from a transfer position, at which an image is transferred from the image bearer to the recording medium, in a direction of conveyance of a recording medium to guide the recording medium. The positioner positions an end of the guide relative to the image bearer. The pusher contacts the guide at a position closer to a center of the guide than the end of the guide in the longitudinal direction, to push the guide toward the image bearer.