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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Yasushi Hashimoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Motoji Kurobane, Ibaraki, JP;
Masami Takeshita, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasushi Hashimoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Motoji Kurobane, Ibaraki, JP;
Masami Takeshita, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a guide member configured to guide a sheet to a nip section between a heating roller and a pressing roller disposed close to the upstream side of the rollers and on the pressing roller side. A downstream end of the guide member is disposed on the heating roller side with respect to the nip surface between the rollers so that a header of the sheet to be printed is in contact with the heating roller first, and a downstream end of the fixing device introduction guide member is concavely curved.