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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Hideaki Deguchi, Tenpaku-ku, JP;
Keita Hironaka, Obu, JP;
Yusuke Ozaki, Mizuho-ku, JP;
Motoaki Mushika, Hashima, JP;
Hikaru Yoshizumi, Handa, JP;
Hideaki Deguchi, Tenpaku-ku, JP;
Keita Hironaka, Obu, JP;
Yusuke Ozaki, Mizuho-ku, JP;
Motoaki Mushika, Hashima, JP;
Hikaru Yoshizumi, Handa, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a transfer device, a flexible guide plate is disposed in a position upstream relative to a transfer position along a medium conveyance path, such that a first side of the guide plate faces to a recording medium being conveyed along the medium conveyance path. The guide plate has a downstream end portion that is angled by bending the guide plate. A support frame supports an upstream end portion of the guide plate and extends in a downstream direction beyond the downstream end portion to form an extension portion which is disposed opposite to a second side of the guide plate and toward which the downstream end portion extends obliquely downstream. The extension portion has a recess/hole formed in a position separated in an upstream direction from a first edge of the extension portion, to allow the downstream end portion to be moved without being blocked by the extension portion.