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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kanzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a cutting part cutting a medium, a transfer part arranged on a downstream side of the cutting part in a carrying direction and transfers a developer image to the medium; a flexure forming part having a guide part and forms a flexure of the medium by bending the medium between the cutting part and the transfer part in the carrying direction; and an opposing part that is arranged opposing the flexure forming part via a carrying path through which the medium is carried, wherein the guide part performs a retreat movement either before or after the cutting part starts to cut the medium, wherein the retreat movement is a movement of the guide part in which the guide part moves in a direction away from the opposing part.
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