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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Yoshiyuki Nagai, Shiojiri, JP;
Katsuhito Gomi, Chino, JP;
Kenjiro Yoshioka, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: an image carrier that carries an image; a transfer roller having a transfer material-gripping member that grips a transfer material, the transfer roller transferring the image carried by the image carrier to the transfer material; a transfer material-transporting belt that transports the transfer material onto which the image has been transferred while subjecting the transfer material to suction; a fixing section that fixes the transferred image on the transported transfer material; and a transfer material-guiding section having a guiding surface that guides the transported transfer material to the fixing section, the guiding surface being disposed in a direction in which the transfer material is sucked onto the transfer material-transporting belt relative to a transfer material-transporting surface of the transfer material-transporting belt.