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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoshi Tomiki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399388 ; 399381 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member, a transfer device for transferring a toner image from the image bearing member to a transfer material at a transfer station and a guide member for guiding the transfer material to the transfer station. The guide member has a notch formed at a most downstream side and, on account of the notch, a final guide point, effected by the guide member, of a transfer material having a small width in a direction perpendicular to the transfer material moving direction is positioned at an upstream side of that of a transfer material having a wide width.