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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Hirotaka Mori, Aichi, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, including a conveyer unit, an image forming unit, and a registration unit, is provided. The conveyer includes a first roller, a second roller, and a belt having a first surface to contact the sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on the sheet in an image forming area. The registration unit is on an upstream side of the image forming area and includes a third roller and a fourth roller. A rotation axis of the third roller is on a side of the first surface, and a rotation axis of the fourth roller is on a side of a second surface of the belt, which is a reverse surface of the first surface. The registration unit manipulates the third and fourth rollers to align the sheet with a reference orientation and convey the sheet to the belt.