Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorAkira ISHII
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a sheet feeding portion, a discharge portion, a sheet conveyance passage, a branch conveyance passage, a conveyance guide, and a pair of assist rollers. The conveyance guide forms part of the conveyance surface of the sheet conveyance passage at the intersection between the sheet conveyance passage and the branch conveyance passage. The pair of assist rollers conveys a recording medium along the sheet conveyance passage. The conveyance guide is supported to be swingable about a swing axis in a direction in which it retracts from the conveyance surface of the sheet conveyance passage. One of the pair of assist rollers is fixed to a shaft extending parallel to the swing axis and is rotatably supported on the conveyance guide.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion that forms an image on a recording medium;
- a sheet feeding portion that feeds the recording medium to the image forming portion;
- a discharge portion that discharges the recording medium having the image formed thereon in the image forming portion;
- a sheet conveyance passage that connects together the image forming portion, the sheet feeding portion, and the discharge portion;
- a branch conveyance passage that branches off the sheet conveyance passage;
- a conveyance guide that forms part of a conveyance surface of the sheet conveyance passage at an intersection between the sheet conveyance passage and the branch conveyance passage;
- and
- a pair of assist rollers that conveys the recording medium along the sheet conveyance passage,
- wherein
- the conveyance guide is supported so as to be swingable about a swing axis in a direction in which the conveyance guide retracts from the conveyance surface of the sheet conveyance passage, and
- one of the pair of assist rollers is fixed to a shaft extending parallel to the swing axis and is rotatably supported on the conveyance guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.