Sheet transfer guide, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet transfer guide, and image reading device incorporating the sheet transfer guide
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasahiro Ishida, Toshiaki Takahashi
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Abstract
A sheet transfer guide, which is disposed along a sheet conveyance passage through which a sheet passes, provided to guide the sheet, and is included in an image forming apparatus and an image reading device, includes a base material, a coat layer formed on the base material and having a surface roughness smaller than a surface roughness of the base material, and a guide face to which the sheet contacts. The coat layer is formed on the guide face.
Claims14
A sheet transfer guide in a sheet conveyance passage through which a sheet passes, the sheet transfer guide being configured to guide the sheet, the sheet transfer guide comprising:
- a base material;
- a coat layer formed on the base material and having a surface roughness smaller than a surface roughness of the base material;
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- a guide face to which the sheet contacts,
- the coat layer being formed on the guide face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.