Sheet conveying apparatus with guide member
AssigneeMita Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Tsuchiya, Tetsuro Tomoe, Osamu Yoshimura, Masami Fuchi, Shinichi Tanaka, Keiji Ban
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Abstract
An apparatus for conveying sheet members, equipped with a conveyer guide member that extends from the downstream side of a toner image-transfer position of a photosensitive drum toward a fixing unit and a grounding plate member that is disposed on the lower surface side of the conveyer guide member. The conveyer guide member is made of a material having an electric resistance not smaller than the electric resistance of the sheet member, and the grounding plate member is made of a material having an electric resistance smaller than the electric resistance of the conveyer guide member.
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An apparatus for conveying sheet members equipped with a conveyer guide member including a guide portion that extends from the downstream side of a toner image-transfer position of a photosensitive drum toward a fixing unit, said guide portion being so constituted as to guide a sheet member conveyed through said toner image-transfer position toward said fixing unit along the upper surface thereof, wherein a grounding plate member is disposed on the lower surface side of said guide portion of said conveyor guide member so as to extend along said guide portion, said conveyor guide member is made of a material having an electric resistance not smaller than the electric resistance of said sheet member, and said grounding plate member is made of a material having an electric resistance smaller than said electric resistance of said conveyer guide member, and wherein a plurality of openings are formed in said guide portion of said conveyer guide member, and the upper surface of said grounding plate member is exposed to the upper surface side of said guide portion through said openings.
An apparatus for conveying sheet members equipped with a conveyer guide member including a guide portion that extends from the downstream side of a toner image-transfer position of a photosensitive drum toward a fixing unit, said guide portion being so constituted as to guide a sheet member conveyed through said toner image-transfer position toward said fixing unit along the upper surface thereof, wherein a grounding plate member is disposed on the lower surface side of said guide portion of said conveyer guide member so as to extend along said guide portion, said conveyer guide member is made of a material having an electric resistance not smaller than the electric resistance of said sheet member, and said grounding plate member is made of a material having an electric resistance smaller than said electric resistance of said conveyer guide member, and wherein on at least an upstream end portion of said guide portion of said conveyer guide member are formed a plurality of ribs that are upwardly protruded, are extended in the direction of conveying the sheet members, and are arranged, spaced from each other, in a direction at right angles with said conveying direction.
An apparatus for conveying sheet members equipped with a conveyer guide member including a guide portion that extends from the downstream side of a toner image-transfer position of a photosensitive drum toward a fixing unit, said guide portion being so constituted as to guide a sheet member conveyed through said toner image-transfer position toward said fixing unit along the upper surface thereof, wherein a grounding plate member is disposed on the lower surface side of said guide portion of said conveyer guide member so as to extend along said guide portion and to come with the upper surface thereof into contact with the lower surface of said guide portion, said conveyer guide member is made of a material having an electric resistance of from 10.sup.13 .OMEGA. to 10.sup.16 .OMEGA. which is not smaller than the electric resistance of said sheet member, and said grounding plate member is made of a metal material having an electric resistance of not larger than 10.sup.3 .OMEGA., and wherein a plurality of openings are formed in said guide portion of said conveyer guide member, and the upper surface of said grounding plate member is exposed to the upper surface side of said guide portion through said openings.
An apparatus for conveying sheet members equipped with a conveyer guide member including a guide portion that extends from the downstream side of a toner image-transfer position of a photosensitive drum toward a fixing unit, said guide portion being so constituted as to guide a sheet member conveyed through said toner image-transfer position toward said fixing unit along the upper surface thereof, wherein a grounding plate member is disposed on the lower surface side of said guide portion of said conveyer guide member so as to extend along said guide portion, said conveyer guide member is made of a material having an electric resistance not smaller than the electric resistance of said sheet member, and said grounding plate member is made of material having an electric resistance smaller than said electric resistance of said conveyer guide member, and wherein an insulating member is disposed above said guide portion of said conveyer guide member while maintaining a distance with respect to, and extending along, said guide portion.
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