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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Seiichi Kogure, Yamato, JP;
Yasumasa Mihara, Ebina, JP;
Seiichi Kogure, Yamato, JP;
Yasumasa Mihara, Ebina, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image formation device that forms an image on a recording medium at an image formation position; a transfer path that reverses and transfers the recording medium to the image formation position; a pair of rotation rollers that nip the recording medium in the transfer path at an upstream position relative to the position where the recording medium is completely reversed; a pull-in path provided at a downstream position relative to the pair of rotation rollers situated in the transfer path, to which the recording medium is pulled in; and a transfer control device that controls pulling in the recording medium to the pull-in path after the rear end of the recording medium passes through the pair of rotation rollers when the recording medium is fed to and transferred in the transfer path, wherein no pair of rollers that impart a transfer force to the recording medium are provided in the pull-in range of the recording medium in the pull-in path.