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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shuri Mizoguchi, Kunitachi, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/165 (2013.01); G03G 15/1605 (2013.01); G03G 15/167 (2013.01); G03G 15/657 (2013.01); G03G 15/6567 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00409 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyer that conveys a recording medium; a transfer part that forms a transfer nip between with the conveyer, and conveys, toward the transfer nip, an image to be transferred onto the recording medium; and an inclination part that inclines the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer with respect to a conveyance direction of the recording medium in the conveyer.