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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Hideaki Deguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Keita Hironaka, Obu, JP;
Yusuke Ozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A transfer apparatus includes a transfer roller which transfers developer on an image carrier onto a conveyed recording medium at a transferring portion, a supporting frame, a flexible guide member attached to the supporting frame to guide the record medium to the transferring portion, and a inflexible protrusion supporting member which is provided on the supporting frame between the transferring portion and the guide member and protrudes to support a trailing edge of the record medium after passing the guide member. The guide member includes a swing portion which is provided at one end side at a downstream thereof. The protrusion supporting member is provided to abut the guide member while the guide member does not protrude from the protrusion supporting member to a side of the transferring portion when the swing portion of the guide member swings by abutting the record medium.