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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicant:
Shogo Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shogo Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One end of a sheet guiding member on a transfer nip side is located on a straight line connecting an exit of a registration nip formed between a pair of registration rollers and an entrance of the transfer nip or on an opposite side of an intermediate transfer belt across the straight line and on one side of a triangle formed by connecting rotation centers of the transfer member, the transfer roller, and the transfer guide roller or inside the triangle.