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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Hideaki Deguchi, Tenpaku-ku, JP;
Keita Hironaka, Obu, JP;
Yusuke Ozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Motoaki Mushika, Hashima, JP;
Hikaru Yoshizumi, Handa, JP;
Hideaki Deguchi, Tenpaku-ku, JP;
Keita Hironaka, Obu, JP;
Yusuke Ozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Motoaki Mushika, Hashima, JP;
Hikaru Yoshizumi, Handa, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a transfer device, a first side of a flexible guide plate faces to a recording medium being conveyed along a medium conveyance path to guide the recording medium toward an image carrying member. A support frame supports an upstream end portion of the guide plate, and includes an opposite portion disposed from and opposite to a second side (reverse to the first side) of the guide plate and a rib configured to protrude from the opposite portion toward the medium conveyance path. The rib has a first edge which is positioned at an upstream side and beyond which the guide plate protrudes downstream. The rib has an inclined surface extending from the first edge in a direction obliquely downstream toward the image carrying member. The guide plate includes an indentation to allow the guide plate to be deflected without being blocked by the rib.