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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuzoh Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Yanase, Kanagawa, JP;
Gaku Hosono, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Uchino, Kanagawa, JP;
Masateru Ujiie, Kanagawa, JP;
Shu Kanno, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a roll body including a print medium wound around, the medium having an adhesive face, an image forming unit to form an image on the adhesive face, a conveyance unit having a pair of a conveyance rotor and an opposed rotor to convey the medium with the medium interposed between the conveyance rotor and the opposed rotor and an adhesive face guide unit to guide the medium when the conveyance unit returns the medium in a return direction opposite a conveyance direction of the medium. The adhesive face guide unit has a downstream rotor disposed downstream from the opposed rotor in the return direction and an endless adhesive face guide member wound around the opposed rotor and the downstream rotor. The adhesive face guide member is configured to receive and guide the adhesive face of the medium returned, in a separable state.