Conveyance device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTomoya OHMURA, Yuuki NOBUOKA
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Abstract
A conveyance device includes a guide, a positioner, and a pusher. The guide extends in a longitudinal direction of an image bearer and is disposed upstream from a transfer position, at which an image is transferred from the image bearer to the recording medium, in a direction of conveyance of a recording medium to guide the recording medium. The positioner positions an end of the guide relative to the image bearer. The pusher contacts the guide at a position closer to a center of the guide than the end of the guide in the longitudinal direction, to push the guide toward the image bearer.
Claims18
A conveyance device comprising:
- a guide extending in a longitudinal direction of an image bearer and disposed upstream from a transfer position, at which an image is transferred from the image bearer to the recording medium, in a direction of conveyance of a recording medium to guide the recording medium;
- a positioner to position an end of the guide relative to the image bearer;
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- a pusher contacting the guide at a position closer to a center of the guide than the end of the guide in the longitudinal direction, to push the guide toward the image bearer.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- an image bearer supported by the housing;
- a guide disposed upstream from a transfer position, at which an image is transferred from the image bearer to a recording medium, in a direction of conveyance of the recording medium to guide the recording medium, the guide having an end in a longitudinal direction of the guide;
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- a corrector contacting the guide at a position closer to a center of the guide than the end of the guide in the longitudinal direction, to correct warpage of the guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.