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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuzoh Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Yanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Uchino, Kanagawa, JP;
Gaku Hosono, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadayasu Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuzoh Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Yanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Uchino, Kanagawa, JP;
Gaku Hosono, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadayasu Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a conveyance unit, and an adhesive-surface guide unit. The adhesive-surface guide unit includes a second rotary body and an adhesive-surface guide member. The second rotary body is disposed at a position downstream from a first rotary body of a pair of rotary bodies of the conveyance unit in a conveyance direction. The adhesive-surface guide member is wound around the first and second rotary bodies to guide an adhesive surface of a print medium. The adhesive-surface guide unit is configured to press the adhesive-surface guide member against the adhesive surface, sandwich the print medium and the second rotary body between the pair of rotary bodies, move the print medium and the second rotary body together, and separate the adhesive-surface guide member from the adhesive surface at a side of the adhesive-surface guide unit at which the second rotary body is disposed.