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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Yoshioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Shigezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoko Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruka Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a holding body configured to hold a formed image; a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium with a leading end of the recording medium gripped by a gripping portion; and a transfer body including a recessed portion that accommodates the gripping portion and is provided along a direction substantially orthogonal to a rotational direction, configured to sandwich the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit between the transfer body and the holding body to transfer an image on the holding body to the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit, and including a slope surface provided at a leading end of a portion of an outer circumference not including a portion where the recessed portion is provided, the leading end being on a front end side in the rotational direction, a distance from the slope surface to a rotational center becoming larger toward a downstream side in the rotational direction.