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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Kakehi, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a pushing member pushing an image carrying belt from an inner circumferential side and a guide member guiding a recording medium toward a transfer nip portion formed with an inner-side roller and an outer-side roller. The guide member includes first and second guides and the second guide is provided such that a tip end on the side of the transfer nip portion is positioned further away from the image carrying belt than a reference line that connects a point at which a line connecting the rotational center of the inner-side roller and the rotational center of the outer-side roller intersects with the image carrying belt, and a furthest downstream contact point of a contact area in which the pushing member contacts with the image carrying belt.