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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Hiromitsu Takagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohmi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Takagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohmi Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kunii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first guide member and a second guide member guide a recording medium into a nip between a transfer member and a nip-forming member. The first guide member and the second guide member are arranged so as to form a substantial V-shape with tip of the V-shape being toward the nip. A distance between the first guide member and the second guide member at the tip being equal to or less than 5 millimeters.