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US 2010/0061741 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorRyuuichi Minbu
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Abstract
A transferring unit transfers a toner image from an image carrier to a recording medium. A fixing unit fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium. A conveying unit conveys the recording medium from the transferring unit to the fixing unit along a conveyance surface. A guiding member receives the recording medium from the conveying unit and guides the recording medium to a fixing nip of the fixing unit along a guiding surface. An angle changing unit changes an angle between the conveyance surface and the guiding surface according to the type of the recording medium.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a transferring unit that transfers a toner image from an image carrier to a recording medium;
- a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium;
- a conveying unit that conveys the recording medium from the transferring unit to the fixing unit along a conveyance surface;
- a guiding member that receives the recording medium from the conveying unit and guides the recording medium to a fixing nip of the fixing unit along a guiding surface;
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- an angle changing unit that changes an angle between the conveyance surface and the guiding surface in a sheet conveying direction according to a type of the recording medium, wherein
- in a case where the recording medium is a thick with a length such that a trailing edge of the recording medium passes through the transferring unit when a leading edge of the recording medium comes into contact with the guiding surface, the angle changing unit changes the angle to a first angle that is larger than a second angle to be set when the recording medium is a medium thinner than the thick medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.