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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Yogosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Ohsugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehide Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Junpei Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Yogosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Ohsugi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehide Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer having an image bearing face to bear an image thereon; a transferer disposed opposing the image bearer, to transfer the image from the image bearing face onto a recording medium at a transfer section between the transferer and the image bearer; a first guide disposed upstream from the transfer section in a direction of delivery of the recording medium, to guide the recording medium to the transfer section; and a second guide upstream from the first guide and spaced away from the first guide, to guide the recording medium to the transfer section. Each of the first guide and the second guide extends in a lateral direction perpendicular to the direction of delivery. A leading end of the second guide in the direction of delivery is inclined from one end to the other end of the second guide in the lateral direction.