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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Mimbu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryuuichi Mimbu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Shimokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing exit guide plate for use in a fixing device, which supports the conveyance of a paper while being curved in a direction opposite to a curl direction of the paper in a paper conveyance path downstream of conveyance support rollers, includes a conveyance downstream portion having a paper conveyance plane and a conveyance upstream portion having a paper conveyance plane, wherein the fixing exit guide plate is retracted in a paper jam process to move such that the paper conveyance plane of the conveyance downstream portion rotates about a rotation axis of the conveyance support driving roller to be substantially parallel to the paper conveyance plane of a conveyance upstream portion.